Luas/bus crash on O'Connel Street !

Delta Kilo · 16-09-2009 09:54PM

What's this a crash between a luas with passengers and a dublin bus?

*Sniff, sniff* I smell compo, and lots of it at that.

On a more serious note, I hope everyone is OK and if not that they have a speedy recovery

walshb · 16-09-2009 09:55PM

Oliver1985 wrote: »

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

Plus, even if there were, you cannot get two amber lights on both sides
at the same time. It's not possible.

micawber · 16-09-2009 09:56PM

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...

Gratuitous union bashing. Standard advice in car accidents from insurance companies and legal eagles is not to make any immediate admission of liability.
Apart from the size of the vehicles involved this is a standard junction collision happening on one of the busiest streets in the country. Plenty of witnesses, cctv cameras etc. Should not be difficult to apportion blame.
From what I saw my guess would be that bus ran the red light.

walshb · 16-09-2009 10:00PM

micawber wrote: »

Plenty of witnesses, cctv cameras etc. Should not be difficult to apportion blame.
From what I saw my guess would be that bus ran the red light.

Yes, it should be an open and shut case with some honest cooperation.
I just have a feeling that nobody will be held accountable here and that annoys me. Let's wait and see.

spongeman · 16-09-2009 10:02PM

walshb wrote: »

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

Yeah. Remember the disaster on the quay? He got off as well.

Run_to_da_hills · 16-09-2009 10:06PM

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!

The Luas should have had enough time to swerve out of its way.

walshb · 16-09-2009 10:07PM

spongeman wrote: »

Yeah. Remember the disaster on the quay? He got off as well.

Yeah, but he had an excellent defence with his, "I can't remember.":rolleyes:
Also, the red herring about the, "Surge of power.":rolleyes:

Anonomyte · 16-09-2009 10:10PM

It was probably the bus drivers fault....I also think claims will be in effect soon enough.

Oliver1985 · 16-09-2009 10:11PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The Luas should have had enough time to swerve out of its way.

Haha!! Its not a thunderbird!

fullstop · 16-09-2009 10:14PM

Speedway wrote: »

just heard from a journalist friend that the luas driver has died

RIP :rolleyes:

Why do people bother posting made up crap?

Oliver1985 · 16-09-2009 10:17PM

Guys some video online now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pogZaFir3X8

micawber · 16-09-2009 10:21PM

walshb wrote: »

Yeah, but he had an excellent defence with his, "I can't remember.":rolleyes:
Also, the red herring about the, "Surge of power.":rolleyes:

That case collapsed due to botched evidence provided by Volvo. That evidence would presumably either have cleared the engine or cleared the driver. Presumably Volvo would have had an interest in presenting evidence to the court that would show it had no liability in the case. They apologised for their mistake.

Dyr · 16-09-2009 10:22PM

Dartz wrote: »

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.

When I was in school We used to try to tip the dublin bus that took us out to the sports ground every week into the liffey. We'd basically all pile over to one side upstairs and then charge and slam ourselves into the other side as is took that really sharp corner onto the old bridge beside Heuston. It never tipped though.

Yes, we were retards.

walshb · 16-09-2009 10:23PM

micawber wrote: »

That case collapsed due to botched evidence provided by Volvo. That evidence would presumably either have cleared the engine or cleared the driver. Presumably Volvo would have had an interest in presenting evidence to the court that would show it had no liability in the case. They apologised for their mistake.

That's correct, what a cock up. If I remember, the bus was passed fit only a couple of months prior to the accident. Perfect condition, but I guess, sometimes those buses just drive by themselves...:rolleyes:

Daroxtar · 16-09-2009 10:26PM

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micawber · 16-09-2009 10:37PM

walshb wrote: »

That's correct, what a cock up. If I remember, the bus was passed fit only a couple of months prior to the accident. Perfect condition, but I guess, sometimes those buses just drive by themselves...:rolleyes:

Indeed they do it seems - even in Australia...
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22947947-3102,00.html

spongeman · 16-09-2009 10:38PM

Daroxtar wrote: »

If you've been injured and it wasn't your fault call Injury Lawyers 4U on 0800-Gimmegimme. We have a dedicated team who will help you get what you deserve and if there's no win there's no fee. So pick up the phone and call johnny from Eastenders NOW.

And our offices are wheelchair friendly and open on saturdays.......

delricyo · 16-09-2009 10:47PM

LUAS and Bus still there at 830 tonight. They didnt look to be in too much of a hurry to move things yet. Hope everyone is OK and pulls through

Id say they already know who is at fault. Surely LUAS control at Red Cow know what signals were green for trams at any time (given its such a modern system). But, it will all go through the motions and the public will probably never know ....

Elessar · 16-09-2009 10:48PM

Hey gusy I hear 250 people were killed and 1800 injured in a luas crash in dublin whats up with that. Worst crash in the history of trams they said.

/misinformation

Dyr · 16-09-2009 10:58PM

My unnamed journalist friend who works for dublin bus has just confirmed the above. The crash we all saw was just a cover to disguise the real crash. Note anything about all the supermacs flags in all the "photographs" taken? THERE'S NO WIND ON O'CONNELL STREET!!11!

zynaps · 16-09-2009 11:25PM

Was driving back over the north quays at about 22:30, looks like the Luas was still there. Couldn't make out the bus or alleged crane, since I was too busy keeping my eyes on the road in front to be gawping out the side window (being an excessively cautious learner driver). Told my ma to have a look and she says "what? what?" until we're past the junction anyway. Typical. We'd only been talking about the crash a few hours earlier...

What I did notice was not only a suspiciously large number of people milling about the streets (e.g. large enough to suggest that people have been coming into town with their mates just to view the crash scene), but also lots of people getting drunk around the quays and err, a junkie possibly stealing someone's bike and passing it over the wall to his can-holding wrecked girlfriend. Welcome to town.

The_Minister · 16-09-2009 11:33PM

Mr. Razzcocks wrote: »

Heard from a source that 3 people have died!

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

what is your source?

His arse.

rednik · 16-09-2009 11:42PM

Yes that seems to be a popular source here.:(

Red Sleeping Beauty · 16-09-2009 11:42PM

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auroraboring wrote: »

I was on Middle Abbey Street when it happened. No where in media does it mention the Gardi. A few Garda Cars were speeding down Middle Abbey Street from O'Connell street, unmarked and marked cars. They were going really fast, so much so that people went out onto the street where they were driving to if maybe something had happened at liffey Street end of Abbey). One unmarked car was speeding as it drove backwards towards O'Connell and just within those moments the bus has gone through a red light and Luas ran into it. Maybe the Gardi scared the bus driver?

donkey balls · 16-09-2009 11:46PM

walshb wrote: »

That's correct, what a cock up. If I remember, the bus was passed fit only a couple of months prior to the accident. Perfect condition, but I guess, sometimes those buses just drive by themselves...:rolleyes:

so your car passes its nct today how do you know that its not going malfunction months later?. the same goes for planes trucks etc there machines they breakdown.

as for volvo it was a known fact of power surges in there buses the on board computers that are used for diagnoses can sometime show up no faults when there is

Steo46 · 17-09-2009 12:14AM

My friend brought his car for the nct. It passed but broke down on the same day and never worked again.

center15 · 17-09-2009 12:35AM

A friend of mine where there when the crash happened. A special branch Garda car was speeding down the street the wrong way and the bus stopped to let it pass and the Luas crashed into it.

JupiterKid · 17-09-2009 12:40AM

ter15 A friend of mine where there when the crash happened. A special branch Garda car was speeding down the street the wrong way and the bus stopped to let it pass and the Luas crashed into it.

If that's true, than it doesn't bode well for the Gardai. I personally am sick to the teeth of Gardai cars speeding all over the city like we were in downtown New York or LA or somewhere.:( Must they speed all over the city blaring their sirens all the time?

Red Sleeping Beauty · 17-09-2009 12:41AM

center15 wrote: »

A friend of mine where there when the crash happened. A special branch Garda car was speeding down the street the wrong way and the bus stopped to let it pass and the Luas crashed into it.

This actually kinda sounds plausible. Well, at least the bit about the bus stopping and then the luas hitting it. From the pics it doesn't make sense as to why the bus would've broke the red light and then the luas move forward regardless of whether or not it had its signal to go.

center15 · 17-09-2009 12:42AM

Was surprised to hear that as well when she told me. I would have thought it would have come out by now.

Luas/bus crash on O'Connel Street !

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