Man hit by bus in Reading, gets up, walks away...

[Smiler.]

Pic of the driver released

[skahigh]

SilverSixer said:

Yeah, that's the Purple Turtle bar, the bloke goes straight inside after getting up, I wonder what her ordered?

The bus looks to hit something in the road just before it hits the bloke, wonder if that had anything to do with distracting the driver? But yes, it does look like the bus was going too fast/wasn't in full control anyway.

Very, very lucky geezer.

It's not in the road, it's the parking restriction signpost at the end of the pavement, the bus has already swung too wide and started to mount the pavement at that point.

Edit. Looking at it again, my guess is the bus driver is momentarily confused by the lines marking out the taxi rank believing them to be lane dividers, this is compounded by the drainage running down the middle of the pavement and making it look a bit like a curb. He get's confused and keeps left of the lane dividers, mounting the pavement in the process.

Edited by skahigh on Tuesday 27th June 13:40

[catso]

valiant said:

Love the way he just brushes himself down and carries on into the shop as if it was an everyday occurrence for him.

Reminded me of this scene from the Blues Brothers; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vl1byi6wXE

[SilverSixer]

skahigh said:

SilverSixer said:

Yeah, that's the Purple Turtle bar, the bloke goes straight inside after getting up, I wonder what her ordered?

The bus looks to hit something in the road just before it hits the bloke, wonder if that had anything to do with distracting the driver? But yes, it does look like the bus was going too fast/wasn't in full control anyway.

Very, very lucky geezer.

It's not in the road, it's the parking restriction signpost at the end of the pavement, the bus has already swung too wide and started to mount the pavement at that point.

Edit. Looking at it again, my guess is the bus driver is momentarily confused by the lines marking out the taxi rank believing them to be lane dividers, this is compounded by the drainage running down the middle of the pavement and making it look a bit like a curb. He get's confused and keeps left of the lane dividers, mounting the pavement in the process.

Edited by skahigh on Tuesday 27th June 13:40

Yes, you're right. Bus hits an upright pole with parking restriction sign. Looks like there's a bin bag or pile of something at the bottom of it too.

This is what the driver sees coming round there: https://goo.gl/maps/9XYkhwzYMpS2 - bus is going too fast for whatever reason (illness, incompetence etc).

Also on re-watching, I noticed what a mess the bloke's head makes of the bus windscreen. Quite an impact. Shows what a good job our skulls do.

[FrankAbagnale]

He's come through a fairly tightly railed S bend to get to that point also which has a lot of foot traffic over the road as is one of the main exits from the Oracle shopping centre towards the town centre. Driver must've been going for too fast.




Red dot is about where he hits the bloke.

[xjay1337]

Yeah awful accident.

Let's wait for the facts before jumping to conclusions

[chrisga]

Lucky guy. I know it sounds counter intuitive but could it be that the speed of the bus actually helped here? Ok, apart from had it been going slower the incident may not have occurred at all, but since it did and at the speed it did he seems to have sort of bounced off the bus forwards out of its trajectory (despite smashing the windscreen with his head). If he hadn't bounced off the front so much his legs look really close to being pulled under the bus and then it would have been a whole different story. As he hit the ground with speed has it shallowed the angle of attack reducing likelihood of breaking bones as he skidded along the pavement? Had he hit the lampost again would have likely been another story. Lucky guy.

[SilverSixer]

chrisga said:

Lucky guy. I know it sounds counter intuitive but could it be that the speed of the bus actually helped here? Ok, apart from had it been going slower the incident may not have occurred at all, but since it did and at the speed it did he seems to have sort of bounced off the bus forwards out of its trajectory (despite smashing the windscreen with his head). If he hadn't bounced off the front so much his legs look really close to being pulled under the bus and then it would have been a whole different story. As he hit the ground with speed has it shallowed the angle of attack reducing likelihood of breaking bones as he skidded along the pavement? Had he hit the lampost again would have likely been another story. Lucky guy.

Perhaps. I was thinking that it's the low front end which the bus has which prevents him being dragged under. Imagine a pick-up or large 4x4 with a high front bumper doing the same, he'd be jam. The lamp-post too, blimey that would have cut him in half if he'd hit it.

(Yes, I've watched the video far too much because I live near there and have queued outside that bar to get in quite a few times *shudder*.)

[ATG]

Looks like the front of the bus is surprisingly pedestrian-friendly. And it looks like he had no warning, so might have been relaxed when it hit him, and he was then lucky to slide a fair distance without hitting anything. If you're going to be hit by a bus, that's the way to do it. Not planning on trying it myself.

A few years back I saw a drunk stumble off the pavement right into the path of a Fiesta doing about 35mph. Driver had no warning, no time to break or swerve. Bloke went up the bonnet, up the windscreen (cracking it in the process), and into the air, and landed in a heap on the road. Got up and tried to go back to the pub. No obvious signs of injury. Took a fair effort to convince him to stay put until the police and ambulance turned up.

[poo at Paul's]

That's st driving.

Sadly, some of these "professional" drivers are absolute prats in how they drive about town. We've all seen them. But that is another type of special crap driving. As others have said / shown, that should be 10, maybe 15mph tops through there.

[Ahbefive]

Driver should lose his licence and his job for that muppetry.

[JimbobVFR]

poo at Paul's said:

That's st driving.

Sadly, some of these "professional" drivers are absolute prats in how they drive about town. We've all seen them. But that is another type of special crap driving. As others have said / shown, that should be 10, maybe 15mph tops through there.

I don't know if it's true but I read in Facebook the driver had some sort of medical emergency so it may not be poor driving.

[Cupramax]

Something weird going on with this, they've just said they can't speak to the bloke for legal reasons on South today? !!! Is he being paid to shut up or is it because of ongoing investigation by plod/h&s? No arrests as they keep stressing.

[Mr GrimNasty]

Smiler. said:

Pic of the driver released

Picture of victim with his family.

[CoolC]

JimbobVFR said:

poo at Paul's said:

That's st driving.

Sadly, some of these "professional" drivers are absolute prats in how they drive about town. We've all seen them. But that is another type of special crap driving. As others have said / shown, that should be 10, maybe 15mph tops through there.

I don't know if it's true but I read in Facebook the driver had some sort of medical emergency so it may not be poor driving.

There's a longer version of the video doing the rounds. In that the driver is seen coming over to check the chap is OK (he's sat in the doorway rather than in the pub)

[98elise]

skahigh said:

SilverSixer said:

Yeah, that's the Purple Turtle bar, the bloke goes straight inside after getting up, I wonder what her ordered?

The bus looks to hit something in the road just before it hits the bloke, wonder if that had anything to do with distracting the driver? But yes, it does look like the bus was going too fast/wasn't in full control anyway.

Very, very lucky geezer.

It's not in the road, it's the parking restriction signpost at the end of the pavement, the bus has already swung too wide and started to mount the pavement at that point.

Edit. Looking at it again, my guess is the bus driver is momentarily confused by the lines marking out the taxi rank believing them to be lane dividers, this is compounded by the drainage running down the middle of the pavement and making it look a bit like a curb. He get's confused and keeps left of the lane dividers, mounting the pavement in the process.

Edited by skahigh on Tuesday 27th June 13:40

It's quite possible. I saw the video at work today and thought the victim had just about got onto the path when the bus hit. It was only when I saw it on the new tonight I realised the curb was actually a lot further over and what he had just crossed was a drain.

[ninja-lewis]

The Guardian have a slightly longer version here showing the bus coming round the corner in the background. - looks far too fast to ever make that corner.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/27/i-...

[mac96]

ninja-lewis said:

The Guardian have a slightly longer version here showing the bus coming round the corner in the background. - looks far too fast to ever make that corner.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/27/i-...

Also appears to show bus driver running over to see if he is OK.

If it was the bus driver, he is not looking like a man who was having a 'medical episode', Which I suppose leaves absurdly dangerous driving, or a mechanical defect. I hope it was the latter, as otherwise he is for it.

[kev1974]

mac96 said:

ninja-lewis said:

The Guardian have a slightly longer version here showing the bus coming round the corner in the background. - looks far too fast to ever make that corner.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/27/i-...

Also appears to show bus driver running over to see if he is OK.

If it was the bus driver, he is not looking like a man who was having a 'medical episode', Which I suppose leaves absurdly dangerous driving, or a mechanical defect. I hope it was the latter, as otherwise he is for it.

There are two people in bus driver uniform that come over at the end, they can't both be the driver, therefore it could well be that there is a little bus driver rest room there or something, and so neither of them might be the actual crashed bus driver.

[dromong]

A rare specimen he is, so many nowadays would have played the compensation card straight away.