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Luas/bus crash on O'Connel Street !

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  • #212
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    Time Magazine wrote: »
    Never would have happened had Dublin Bus not been privatised.








    Oh, wait...

    Jesus fucking christ. Some people always crawl out of the woodwork to get their agenda across. Disaster capitalism at its finest. Sickening.


  • #213
    TirNaNog.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 392 ✭✭TirNaNog.


    Corkfeen wrote: »
    Anyone know if theres any damage to the track itself? Just thinking all the it might cause trouble for all ireland crowd on sunday.

    thats all ye care about isnt it?
    I suppose you are worried if there is enough parking spaces in the grounds of the mater hospital for all ye lot too.


  • #214
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,677 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    TirNaNog. wrote: »
    thats all ye care about isnt it?
    I suppose you are worried if there is enough parking spaces in the grounds of the mater hospital for all ye lot too.

    Yeah! Everyone's a shower of b*stards.


  • #215
    di2772
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭di2772


    Oliver1985 wrote: »
    I got slated about calling someone a junkie a couple of pages back!!!

    I know a junkie when i see one, as im sure do we all. Lets call a spade a spade and a junkie a junkie.

    No need for anyone to slate you.


  • #216
    Oliver1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Oliver1985


    Yeah thanks man! There was one they interview on tv3 and all he said was "ye know what i mean " and " Bleedin yeah"


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  • #217
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Is the tram still there? Curious to know how speedy their emergency plan is. Certainly wasn't very efficient earlier, looked like the public were still inches away an hour after it happened...


  • #218
    johnnyrotten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭johnnyrotten


    Jigga wrote: »
    Who do you think you are calling him a junkie, is it because he spoke with a Northside accent?

    Nah, hes from Tallaght


  • #219
    johnnyrotten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭johnnyrotten


    So thats what " Interconnector" means


  • #220
    Oliver1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Oliver1985


    It said on the 6 news that a crane was on location to remove bus and Tram!


  • #221
    kjansch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭kjansch


    i was down there around 630pm,the area was taped off and the Guards were managing the situation.
    As regards the crash itself ,its hard to see how someone wasnt killed in that,with the luas going right into where the elderly seats are on the bus.
    It really was a sad sight to see.
    Its no surprise in a sense as the attitude ive encountered from driving and cycling around town is pure aggression and one where people need to learn to actually take a moment..It not just dirvers ,its pedestrians too,endlessly walking out in front of traffic as if they have the right of way..its just one big joke of a culture.

    And then there were the endlss amount of people queueing up with their phones wanting to take pictures


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  • #222
    CreepingDeath
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    sdonn wrote: »
    Is the tram still there? Curious to know how speedy their emergency plan is. Certainly wasn't very efficient earlier, looked like the public were still inches away an hour after it happened...

    Wasn't very efficient ?

    In the aftermath of a crash the priority isn't to sweep up the debris and get everything back to normal. I imagine the Gardai call the shots, cordoning off the scene and bringing in their experts for an examination of the scene.
    Only when they are finished, can the site be cleared.


  • #223
    daherlihy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭daherlihy


    kjansch wrote: »
    Its no surprise in a sense as the attitude ive encountered from driving and cycling around town is pure aggression and one where people need to learn to actually take a moment..It not just dirvers ,its pedestrians too,endlessly walking out in front of traffic as if they have the right of way..its just one big joke of a culture.

    And then there were the endlss amount of people queueing up with their phones wanting to take pictures
    Absolutely spot on kjansch.


  • #224
    Corkfeen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Corkfeen


    TirNaNog. wrote: »
    thats all ye care about isnt it?
    I suppose you are worried if there is enough parking spaces in the grounds of the mater hospital for all ye lot too.

    Bit of a rude response, It was just a question mate and i'd assume this would be the place to ask the question. But logically dublin could go into some minor chaos without it, especially on all ireland day.


  • #225
    micawber
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 115 ✭✭micawber


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    Im surprised the Luas didnt knock the bus over.

    Fingers crossed for the seriously injured.
    Saw the accident from further down O'Connell St. Bus rocked side to side quite dramatically but stayed upright. Hell of a bang.


  • #226
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,554 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    micawber wrote: »
    Saw the accident from further down O'Connell St. Bus rocked side to side quite dramatically but stayed upright. Hell of a bang.

    Yet you'll still hear people moaning about "our terribly designed transport system".


  • #227
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    niallsparky wrote: »
    Yet you'll still hear people moaning about "our terribly designed transport system".

    huh

    didn't go over cos the luas entered the bus.


  • #228
    Oliver1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Oliver1985


    niallsparky wrote: »
    Yet you'll still hear people moaning about "our terribly designed transport system".

    I know ill be slated for saying this but I think is good enough our public transport one things missing is the interconnector, but that argument is for another thread!!


  • #229
    micawber
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 115 ✭✭micawber


    niallsparky wrote: »
    Yet you'll still hear people moaning about "our terribly designed transport system".
    Had heard that it was difficult to knock over a bus but didn't think that it could have survived a direct hit by a tram midships.
    Was on a bus recently which ran three red lights in a row. As in lights had turned amber in plenty of time for bus to stop and had hit red as bus entered into junctions. Spoke to driver and rang to report him . Should have followed it up.


  • #230
    Diairist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭Diairist


    Corkfeen wrote: »
    Anyone know if theres any damage to the track itself? Just thinking all the it might cause trouble for all ireland crowd on sunday.

    there are Alstom lads with spirit levels and .... stuff measuring and checking tracks. If there's damage they'll find it.


  • #231
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,420 ✭✭✭Dartz


    It's very hard to tip over a bus... especially a near empty one . Most of the actual weight is carried very low down in the chassis, the actual structure of the bus, especially the upper deck, is very light. Unloaded, even with a medium load, they hav a COG about the same as your average truck.

    I supposed if you had a full load of passenger on the top, and got 'em all to run over to one side as the bus was taking a corner, you might be able to make one tip.... Someone out at UCD tried this.... but it'd never tip otherwise.


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  • #232
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,427 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Any news on who is to blame for this tragedy?
    Both the bus and train obvioulsy couldn't have
    had the right of way.


  • #233
    Turd Ferguson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    walshb wrote: »
    Any news on who is to blame for this tragedy?

    The boogie


  • #234
    Oliver1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Oliver1985


    walshb wrote: »
    Any news on who is to blame for this tragedy?
    Both the bus and train obvioulsy couldn't have
    had the right of way.

    There is a lot of talk on twitter the Bus driver ran the red one!! We will prob never know the real reason!


  • #235
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,427 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Oliver1985 wrote: »
    There is a lot of talk on twitter the Bus driver ran the red one!! We will prob never know the real reason!

    You are prob right

    Typical Ireland. Ah, sure it was an accident, nobody to blame, sh!t happens.
    Well, one was definitely in the wrong and it shouldn't be too hard to
    find out who with some proper investigations. You can bet that the Unions on both sides will be briefing both drivers and telling them to say NOTHING...


  • #236
    Euro_Kraut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭Euro_Kraut


    walshb wrote: »
    Any news on who is to blame for this tragedy?
    Both the bus and train obvioulsy couldn't have
    had the right of way.


    Stan: Mom, Dad? Theh, they're gonna go help those people, right?
    Sharon: I don't know. You know, to me, it seems like the mayor of Beaverton should've done something about that dam years ago.
    Randy: Don't blame the mayor, Sharon. What about FEMA? Think this whole thing is really their fault.
    Stan: Ye-but, uh, s-somebody's gonna help the people off their, their rooftops, right?
    Randy: That's not important right now, son. What's important is figuring out whose fault this is.


  • #237
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    walshb wrote: »
    You are prob right

    Typical Ireland. Ah, sure it was an accident, nobody to blame, sh!t happens.
    Well, one was definitely in the wrong and it shouldn't be too hard to
    find out who with some proper investigations. You can bet that the Unions on both sides will be briefing both drivers and telling them to say NOTHING...

    As far as I remember it's in the Luas driver's contracts that they won't join a union. Or something similar.


  • #238
    jandm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭jandm


    Every bus has a camera on board that records what the driver sees, guess there was an element of "amber gambling" on each driver's part. Hope the injured will be better soon...


  • #239
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,427 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Alan Rouge wrote: »
    As far as I remember it's in the Luas driver's contracts that they won't join a union. Or something similar.

    That's him/her screwed then. The bus driver will be grand


  • #240
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,427 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Euro_Kraut wrote: »
    Stan: Mom, Dad? Theh, they're gonna go help those people, right?
    Sharon: I don't know. You know, to me, it seems like the mayor of Beaverton should've done something about that dam years ago.
    Randy: Don't blame the mayor, Sharon. What about FEMA? Think this whole thing is really their fault.
    Stan: Ye-but, uh, s-somebody's gonna help the people off their, their rooftops, right?
    Randy: That's not important right now, son. What's important is figuring out whose fault this is.

    Me thinks those affected and badly injured are being cared for now and lets hope they pull through


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  • #241
    Oliver1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Oliver1985


    jandm wrote: »
    Every bus has a camera on board that records what the driver sees, guess there was an element of "amber gambling" on each driver's part. Hope the injured will be better soon...

    There is no amber is Luas signals you only get a Proceed or a stop!!


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