Woman trapped under bus at Southend bus depot (From Southend Standard)

As buses pull into that stop, the edge of the buses often ride just over the edge of the kerbs which you can see from the buses corners and the kerbs. the kerbs are too high for the buses. that depot is a disaster - too narrow, not enough room for buses. I hope the lady is not too hurt.

The depot is in short street, this is a bus stop

jolllyboy wrote:
As buses pull into that stop, the edge of the buses often ride just over the edge of the kerbs which you can see from the buses corners and the kerbs. the kerbs are too high for the buses. that depot is a disaster - too narrow, not enough room for buses. I hope the lady is not too hurt.

If that was true why has it been signed off by the DfT with all it's Health & Safety checkes passed?

If there was any issues with the construction or safty it would have been closed down until the issues were fixed.

Unless you were there and saw what happened how can you jump to conclusion, how do we know the lady did not step off the kerb as the bus came in?

Joe Wildman-Clark wrote:

jolllyboy wrote:
As buses pull into that stop, the edge of the buses often ride just over the edge of the kerbs which you can see from the buses corners and the kerbs. the kerbs are too high for the buses. that depot is a disaster - too narrow, not enough room for buses. I hope the lady is not too hurt.

If that was true why has it been signed off by the DfT with all it's Health & Safety checkes passed?

If there was any issues with the construction or safty it would have been closed down until the issues were fixed.

Unless you were there and saw what happened how can you jump to conclusion, how do we know the lady did not step off the kerb as the bus came in?

Yes, it's so comforting to know that now we have DfT and their Health and Safety to rely on and they will never make mistakes!

You seem to be calling Jollyboy a liar? He never claimed this was what had happened in this instance, he was commenting on own his observations of what he HAD seen happen with the buses at that spot in the past.

Joe Wildman-Clark wrote:

jolllyboy wrote:
As buses pull into that stop, the edge of the buses often ride just over the edge of the kerbs which you can see from the buses corners and the kerbs. the kerbs are too high for the buses. that depot is a disaster - too narrow, not enough room for buses. I hope the lady is not too hurt.

If that was true why has it been signed off by the DfT with all it's Health & Safety checkes passed?

If there was any issues with the construction or safty it would have been closed down until the issues were fixed.

Unless you were there and saw what happened how can you jump to conclusion, how do we know the lady did not step off the kerb as the bus came in?

Yes, it's so comforting to know that now we have DfT and their Health and Safety to rely on and they will never make mistakes!

You seem to be calling Jollyboy a liar? He never claimed this was what had happened in this instance, he was commenting on own his observations of what he HAD seen happen with the buses at that spot in the past.

What has RichCarol to say ? Where is she ? I have not seen any comments from her for quite some time. Has she gone on holiday again ? She is a wise lady and her comments are always worth noting.

From what I have seen most bus's look like they are being driven too fast, esp when entering the bus station with people around.

Steve Rowe wrote:
What has RichCarol to say ? Where is she ? I have not seen any comments from her for quite some time. Has she gone on holiday again ? She is a wise lady and her comments are always worth noting.

Perhaps she's touring Las Vegas again or visiting her daughter in Main, or was it Maine.

wonder what the loud bang was.

howironic wrote:

Steve Rowe wrote:
What has RichCarol to say ? Where is she ? I have not seen any comments from her for quite some time. Has she gone on holiday again ? She is a wise lady and her comments are always worth noting.

Perhaps she's touring Las Vegas again or visiting her daughter in Main, or was it Maine.

Quite likely. She had been to an exotic place too last time. Eagerly waiting for her return so that we can resume seeing her wise comments on various matters.

Keptquiettillnow wrote:
From what I have seen most bus's look like they are being driven too fast, esp when entering the bus station with people around.

I dont think speed is a factor in this case. There are enough signs stating that pedestrians are prohibited from walking in the bus station - not that anyone takes any notice of course.
If the bus mounted the pavement then obviously the driver is at fault. As this did not happen we can only assume at this stage that the woman, for what ever reason decicded to step off the pavement prior to the bus stopping. All will be revealed in due course once the camera films from the bus and bus station have been downloaded.

Steve Rowe wrote:

howironic wrote:

Steve Rowe wrote:
What has RichCarol to say ? Where is she ? I have not seen any comments from her for quite some time. Has she gone on holiday again ? She is a wise lady and her comments are always worth noting.

Perhaps she's touring Las Vegas again or visiting her daughter in Main, or was it Maine.

Quite likely. She had been to an exotic place too last time. Eagerly waiting for her return so that we can resume seeing her wise comments on various matters.

No she's spending time on the Craylands Estate story with old Maggie

psorias wrote:

Steve Rowe wrote:

howironic wrote:

Steve Rowe wrote: What has RichCarol to say ? Where is she ? I have not seen any comments from her for quite some time. Has she gone on holiday again ? She is a wise lady and her comments are always worth noting.

Perhaps she's touring Las Vegas again or visiting her daughter in Main, or was it Maine.

Quite likely. She had been to an exotic place too last time. Eagerly waiting for her return so that we can resume seeing her wise comments on various matters.

No she's spending time on the Craylands Estate story with old Maggie

That or renewing her 'vowels' in church. Maybe she meant 'voles' and is some sort of wildlife campaigner. :)

Rochford Rob wrote:

psorias wrote:

Steve Rowe wrote:

howironic wrote:

Steve Rowe wrote: What has RichCarol to say ? Where is she ? I have not seen any comments from her for quite some time. Has she gone on holiday again ? She is a wise lady and her comments are always worth noting.

Perhaps she's touring Las Vegas again or visiting her daughter in Main, or was it Maine.

Quite likely. She had been to an exotic place too last time. Eagerly waiting for her return so that we can resume seeing her wise comments on various matters.

No she's spending time on the Craylands Estate story with old Maggie

That or renewing her 'vowels' in church. Maybe she meant 'voles' and is some sort of wildlife campaigner. :)

Is she a journalist then ? Who is "Old Maggie" ?

I was referring to the story on this website 'Iron Lady statue could be moving to Craylands' (Margaret Thatcher)

DogsMessInLeigh wrote:
wonder what the loud bang was.

It was the lady's air bag being deployed!