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Post by lollygagger on Mar 2, 2018 18:51:22 GMT
I can't see why this video has caused any excitement at all, a bus drove around a car, it was a bit slushy. Desperate news item or what!
Almost as good as "Close call for pensioner at sheltered housing!". An OAP set fire to his chip pan today but put it out with a damp tea towel. Nobody was injured, no damage done and the oap was having a cup of tea by the time the fire service (called automatically by the alarm system) arrived.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 2, 2018 19:05:38 GMT
I read this story on the Daily Mail website this morning and I was appalled by the poor quality of the reporting. They didn't mention once how much her house was worth.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 19:15:01 GMT
Not sure why people are praising her. She was driving too fast for the conditions and had a lucky escape. She says in the video she was travelling at around 15 to 20 mph. Of course she could be mistaken or lying but there is one hell of a lot of momentum behind a vehicle of that size and weight.
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Post by patty on Mar 2, 2018 19:32:04 GMT
Reading this thread u lot r a bunch of sweaty sweary sexist ole codgers
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Post by Jim on Mar 3, 2018 14:50:15 GMT
Reading this thread u lot r a bunch of sweaty sweary sexist ole codgers Miss, Miss, not me Miss, I turned up late Miss. I think women should drive buses and Martin can wear a nurses outfit if he wants.
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Post by Gone on Mar 3, 2018 16:30:32 GMT
Reading this thread u lot r a bunch of sweaty sweary sexist ole codgers Maybe most, but not all.
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 3, 2018 17:30:10 GMT
Foxy will be along in a sec. claiming this happens to him 4 or 5 times a day...... Does not happen 'cos whenever I see another vehicle coming I slow down. it really is that simple.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 17:32:57 GMT
What 'training'? Bollocks. Just lucky. Serious question. She swerved to miss the car, could the bus of also become out of control due to that?
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 3, 2018 17:33:33 GMT
Interesting he assumed it was a 'he'. Most bus drivers are men. Get used to it. The women ones are women who have high levels of testosterone in their blood - and therefore are like men anyway. Yes, I've met women bus drivers, they are the kind who can open beer bottles with them clenched between their buttocks. Not a pretty sight.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 3, 2018 17:42:27 GMT
I bet she was well worth a bang twenty years ago.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 3, 2018 17:48:09 GMT
I bet she was well worth a bang twenty years ago. Drivers like that have been banged by everyone in the bus garage, especially the inspectors, as she's trying to creep up into a managerial position. Opening your legs opens doors. So I gather.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 18:03:32 GMT
Serious question. She swerved to miss the car, could the bus of also become out of control due to that? Yes. All this stuff about 'skilled driving in winter conditions' is bollocks. I managed to wipe out every single fucking cone on the Nurmijärvi airfield training ground when the ABS was switched back on. ABS is a fake load of old bollocks - you go bump-bump-bump, yes, but you still slide forwards and drive over everything. There is no time for fancy manouevres - give yourself all the time in the world by slowing down and even stopping. Oh yeah, and don't drive on snow with Summer tyres. How hard can it be? Flip Flop Amazon courier got stuck three times outside our house in a Renault Traffic van this morning, combination of bald tyres and heavy right foot meant he was getting nowhere fast, the daft twat rolled backwards unsighted down the hill onto the flat at the bottom. Thankfully no one was coming the other way up the hill. This lucky on a quiet close, rather than somewhere like a live lane of the M1...... it's hardly surprising though given the appallingly low standard flip flops must have to reach to pass a test in their native land.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 19:04:20 GMT
Interesting he assumed it was a 'he'. Most bus drivers are men. Get used to it. The women ones are women who have high levels of testosterone in their blood - and therefore are like men anyway. Yes, I've met women bus drivers, they are the kind who can open beer bottles with them clenched between their buttocks. Not a pretty sight. Well here in east Cleveland we actually have some very attractive female bus drivers, I can't speak for Finland of course.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 3, 2018 19:12:41 GMT
Yes. All this stuff about 'skilled driving in winter conditions' is bollocks. I managed to wipe out every single fucking cone on the Nurmijärvi airfield training ground when the ABS was switched back on. ABS is a fake load of old bollocks - you go bump-bump-bump, yes, but you still slide forwards and drive over everything. There is no time for fancy manouevres - give yourself all the time in the world by slowing down and even stopping. Oh yeah, and don't drive on snow with Summer tyres. How hard can it be? Flip Flop Amazon courier got stuck three times outside our house in a Renault Traffic van this morning, combination of bald tyres and heavy right foot meant he was getting nowhere fast, the daft twat rolled backwards unsighted down the hill onto the flat at the bottom. Thankfully no one was coming the other way up the hill. This lucky on a quiet close, rather than somewhere like a live lane of the M1...... it's hardly surprising though given the appallingly low standard flip flops must have to reach to pass a test in their native land. Jeez Gazza, to do that in a Trafic (don't try and correct my spelling you iron idiot .... that is correct) You have to be totally bloody useless !!! they are a really sure footed vehicle I swore by mine (mark you I also swore at it quite a lot but not for it's handling in bad conditions)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 19:19:50 GMT
Flip Flop Amazon courier got stuck three times outside our house in a Renault Traffic van this morning, combination of bald tyres and heavy right foot meant he was getting nowhere fast, the daft twat rolled backwards unsighted down the hill onto the flat at the bottom. Thankfully no one was coming the other way up the hill. This lucky on a quiet close, rather than somewhere like a live lane of the M1...... it's hardly surprising though given the appallingly low standard flip flops must have to reach to pass a test in their native land. Jeez Gazza, to do that in a Trafic (don't try and correct my spelling you iron idiot .... that is correct) You have to be totally bloody useless !!! they are a really sure footed vehicle I swore by mine (mark you I also swore at it quite a lot but not for it's handling in bad conditions) I had a white knuckle ride in one with my brother at the helm one snowy day heading back from the Broads, he had plenty of faith in it too!
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