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Bus driver quits job after flattening snowman

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  • 14-12-2010 12:34pm
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    Tabnabs
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    A bus driver in Champaign-Urbana has quit after officials with the transit agency saw an online video of the driver running over a snowman in the middle of a street.

    The video is posted on YouTube. It shows the bus veering toward the snowman on the University of Illinois campus and running over it.
    The video was posted after a snowstorm earlier this month and shows only one other vehicle on the street at the time. That car steered around the snowman moments before the bus hit it. It isn't clear who built the snowman or shot the video.

    Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District spokeswoman Jan Kijowski said the driver has resigned. She refused to identify the driver or discuss the resignation

    source



    That kind of prank brings the Luas to a halt!


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    Mark200
    Registered Users Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    The bus driver was doing everyone a favour by getting rid of something in the middle of the road.


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    ibarelycare
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    Any news on the snowman's injuries?


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    Lirange
    Registered Users Posts: 2,095 ✭✭✭Lirange


    Isn't that were Ruu lives?


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    orourkeda
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    He should start knocking down cyclists.


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    AntiMatter
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Any news on the snowman's injuries?

    He's said to be in bits.


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    The_Kew_Tour
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    I hope this was discussed above all issues today on Joe Duffy show.


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    koHd
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    Mark200 wrote: »
    The bus driver was doing everyone a favour by getting rid of something in the middle of the road.

    It says he veered into the middle of the street though? Can't watch the video. Do they mean road when they say street?


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    FatherLen
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    murderer!!!:mad:


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    Tabnabs
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    koHd wrote: »
    It says he veered into the middle of the street though? Can't watch the video. Do they mean road when they say street?

    Hard to tell exactly, but it looks like he veered onto the opposite side of the street to take the snowman out :eek:


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    snubbleste
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    Quick someone call CSI:Champaign-Urbana


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    Kimono-Girl
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    Dyflin wrote: »
    Hard to tell exactly, but it looks like he veered onto the opposite side of the street to take the snowman out :eek:
    that was my taking of it too.



    dangerous driving just to hit the snowman...

    poor mr. snowy he didn't see it coming! :(


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    senordingdong
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    adrian280582 wrote: »
    I hope this was discussed above all issues today on Joe Duffy show.

    No, Joe should beb usy talking about the other snowman.

    Gerry Ryan.


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    hiscan
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    The lads in the tree with the mobile phones certainly weren't expecting that to happen,they only caught one car:)


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    Tabnabs
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    Maybe we could hire that guy to drive the Luas?

    The current crop of drivers will have a big yellow streak when it comes to these situations

    http://twitpic.com/3c9jdx


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    briano
    Registered Users Posts: 678 ✭✭✭briano


    orourkeda wrote: »
    He should start knocking cyclists.

    Yawn

    I suppose it's better than "he should start knocking your ma"


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    senordingdong
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    briano wrote: »
    "he should start knocking your ma"

    Yerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    Proper order, what if there was a 4 year old child hiding behind the snowman or if the snow man contained a bomb. :eek:


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    phill106
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    In a possibly unrelated story, a small child is missing in the area.
    Last seen in a frosty the snow man costume.

    Any info, please contact your local police


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    Sticky_Fingers
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    AntiMatter wrote: »
    He's said to be in bits.
    Don't mind his moaning, he was always a bit flaky.


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    Wossack
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Proper order, what if there was a 4 year old child hiding behind the snowman or if the snow man contained a bomb. :eek:

    or if it was a snowchild? wont anyone think of the snowchildren!?


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    AnonoBoy
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    Wait, why did he resign?


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    jayteecork
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    Why the f did he reisgn over that?


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    whirlagigwitch
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    Not sure why they resigned but i'd say both their heads are melted.


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    shrewd
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Any news on the snowman's injuries?

    :D:D:D:D..,brilliant LOL


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    grizzly
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Wait, why did he resign?

    Because if he had hit an oncoming car his court defense of "taking out Mr Frosty" may not have been strong enough to melt the heart of the jurors.


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    Helix
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    for the people who dont quite get it, as was mentioned he drove at a fair bit of speed onto the wrong side of the road to run over a snowman

    not really great conditions to be on the wrong side of the road to begin with


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    bradlente
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    its snow joke


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    Wossack
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    Sounds like he lost his cool alright! I'd say the review panel were fairly frosty

    Still, snowman should be without a job in this climate


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    jayteecork
    Site Banned Posts: 5,676 ✭✭✭jayteecork


    He's not blind. He saw that there were no cars coming and he didn't have to swerve out that much.

    Bet ya there were people egging him on on the bus.


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    orourkeda
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    briano wrote: »
    Yawn

    I suppose it's better than "he should start knocking your ma"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfi8fT9oHkQ


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