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

[PurpleTurtle]

mac96 said:

saaby93 said:

bigandclever said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-423...

A bus driver has admitted dangerous driving after his double-decker bus hit a pedestrian on a pavement in Reading.
Cheikh Daouda Senghor, 40, from St Johns Road in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, pleaded guilty at Reading Magistrates' Court earlier.
CCTV footage from 24 June, showing Simon Smith being knocked down in Gun Street before getting up and walking into a bar, went viral.
Mr Senghor will be sentenced at Reading Crown Court at a future date.

And a bit more blurb ...

https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/reading-bus-driv...

A former Reading Buses driver revealed he put his foot on the accelerator instead of the brake before crashing into a man in Reading town centre.
Cheikh Daouda Senghor, 40, of St Johns Road in Wallingford, was driving the number 17 bus through Gun Street on Saturday, June 24 when he felt a "surge".
Instead of braking, he put his foot on the accelerator.

Surley thats careless not dangerous?

And if the model of bus was known to be 'prone to surges' that is a defective vehicle, irrespective of whether cause is poor maintenance or poor design? And they should be off the road until fixed or modified as appropriate?

In the local rag Reading Buses are quoted as saying, “it has been found as part of its own internal investigation that the vehicle was in a roadworthy condition and free from defects on the day in question.”

So either they are telling a whopper or this bloke’s defence brief is. What’s your money on?

In all my 45 years I must’ve ridden on thousands of buses, none of them has had a propensity to ‘surge’. I’m calling utter BS offered in defence.

[saaby93]

I didnt mean the surge
Surely if you accidentally hit the acellerator rather than the brake thats careless
If you deliberately hit the accelerator rather than the brake thats dangerous

[Shakermaker]

saaby93 said:

I didnt mean the surge
Surely if you accidentally hit the acellerator rather than the brake thats careless
If you deliberately hit the accelerator rather than the brake thats dangerous

it is dangerous, because they were being careless.

[mac96]

PurpleTurtle said:

mac96 said:

saaby93 said:

bigandclever said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-423...

A bus driver has admitted dangerous driving after his double-decker bus hit a pedestrian on a pavement in Reading.
Cheikh Daouda Senghor, 40, from St Johns Road in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, pleaded guilty at Reading Magistrates' Court earlier.
CCTV footage from 24 June, showing Simon Smith being knocked down in Gun Street before getting up and walking into a bar, went viral.
Mr Senghor will be sentenced at Reading Crown Court at a future date.

And a bit more blurb ...

https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/reading-bus-driv...

A former Reading Buses driver revealed he put his foot on the accelerator instead of the brake before crashing into a man in Reading town centre.
Cheikh Daouda Senghor, 40, of St Johns Road in Wallingford, was driving the number 17 bus through Gun Street on Saturday, June 24 when he felt a "surge".
Instead of braking, he put his foot on the accelerator.

Surley thats careless not dangerous?

And if the model of bus was known to be 'prone to surges' that is a defective vehicle, irrespective of whether cause is poor maintenance or poor design? And they should be off the road until fixed or modified as appropriate?

In the local rag Reading Buses are quoted as saying, “it has been found as part of its own internal investigation that the vehicle was in a roadworthy condition and free from defects on the day in question.”

So either they are telling a whopper or this bloke’s defence brief is. What’s your money on?

In all my 45 years I must’ve ridden on thousands of buses, none of them has had a propensity to ‘surge’. I’m calling utter BS offered in defence.

I agree you are probably right. But- has the claim actually been investigated? Trouble is the court is only interested in the charge against the driver, and it looks like they got that right. I'd be more interested in the possibility of a dangerous design fault in the bus.

I assume modern buses are like cars- throttle control is not a direct connection but is controlled by a map, so surge responses (where acceleration is disproportionate to pedal movement, or continues after pedal released) are quite possible, although they would not have been on the buses you and I were using years ago!

I have read a thread on here with people complaining about exactly this in cars so why not buses?

[Smiler.]

PurpleTurtle said:

In all my 45 years I must’ve ridden on thousands of buses, none of them has had a propensity to ‘surge’.

I thought that was when 3 come along at once.

[King Herald]

saaby93 said:

I didnt mean the surge
Surely if you accidentally hit the acellerator rather than the brake thats careless
If you deliberately hit the accelerator rather than the brake thats dangerous

Being able to accidentally put your foot on the throttle instead of the brake makes you a dangerous person to have behind the wheel. It demonstrates some sort of incompetence, or mental affliction.

“Oh, sorry to run you down, I was just a bit careless again”

[bigandclever]

Sentencing is in ...

bbc said:

Senghor was jailed for eight months, the sentence suspended for a year.
He was ordered to carry out 250 hours unpaid work and undergo a rehabilitation activity requirement for five days.
He will have to take an extended driving test at the end of his ban.

[Cupramax]

Saw the report on this on our local TV news during the week, still none the wiser as to wtf the driver was doing. I'm guessing he only got a suspended as the bloke on the pavement wasn't killed.