Pedestrian hit by bus, no arrests made?

[Davie_GLA]

They are playing this very close to their chest. Investigating internally apparently.

Surely the chap that got run over, you know, with a fking bus, is hurting right about now? I was in a minor off at knockhill on my bike a while back and that hurt, lots.

[12lee]

I think the speed is being distorted by the frame rate of the CCTV. Could only be 10-15 fps.

[Douglas Quaid]

Either way he got knocked off his feet some distance and his head smashed the screen so it was still hard. I bet he's aching all over now.

[silverfoxcc]

What happened to his amazing dancing bear?

[Gareth79]

12lee said:

I think the speed is being distorted by the frame rate of the CCTV. Could only be 10-15 fps.

There's a clock at the top - it's real-time.

[TVR1]

Mikeyjae said:

Apparently he was looking for Sarah Conner.

Sarah Conner....


I'm looking for her.

[Mr Tidy]

Green1man said:

Yeh, looks like either a mechanical issue or a medical issue with the driver. If neither of those apply then I think a dangerous/reckless driving charge is inevitable.

Actually looks much more like a "minimum wage = minimum effort" scenario to me!

Sort of similar to the Croydon tram drivers that need to have a sleep on the job! Then someone suggests automatic braking - well sack the "driver" then as you don't need one once you do the automatic control!

[BlueHave]

If this guy puts in a claim then that's a ten grander all day long.

I'm not advocating fraudulent claims but the guy did get smashing on the back with a double decker bus so he will definitely be feeling that for months if not years to come.

[Monkeylegend]

Bloomin lucky there weren't two coming along at once.

[donkmeister]

The pedestrian must have been in shock then or soon after, which would account for him just standing up and carrying on as before.

The human brain is very adept at dismissing something so unexpected for a bit until the conscious part of the mind stands up and says "wtf?! That really did just happen!".

[Red Devil]

The bus appears to be travelling too fast for the S bend. Look at its trajectory: the abrupt change of direction and the accompanying reversal of the body roll.
Almost as if it was on a slalom course in an autotest. There could be several reasons why the incident happened. Hopefully the investigation will reveal the actual one..

[Old Merc]

The more I look at this makes me realise how lucky EVERYONE was.
Just look at the bus windscreen,the bloke did that.!! then the top deck of the bus hit the building as well as road signs and things.Absolutely amazing escape.
I`ve been trying to find out what happened to the driver? anyone know?

[Nickyboy]

Mr Tidy said:

Actually looks much more like a "minimum wage = minimum effort" scenario to me!

They get paid a lot more than minimum wage

Looking at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTNlwBzgZQ8

You can see the speed of the first bus then the other one comes hurtling around the corner, i did read somewhere that sticking throttles were an issue with those buses at some point

[rambo19]

Bus windscreens are made to collapse.
I was doing about 15mph when a numpty on his phone walked straight out!

[fred bloggs]

See that tree opposite the turtle ? That tree has seen some things, I can assure you.

I met my mrs in the purple turtle in 1998.