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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2014 12:18:55 GMT 1
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Post by speedbird1960 on Jan 12, 2014 12:42:19 GMT 1
It a good one Ste, it does look like an accident, apparently the Bus driver was shocked according to this news report. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8275944.stmIf it was intentional he would not have taken out the Bus stop as well, the windscreen of the Bus was badly damaged and the Bus driver could have been injured in the accident. |
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Post by maverick on Jan 12, 2014 12:55:02 GMT 1
It a good one Ste, it does look like an accident, apparently the Bus driver was shocked according to this news report. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8275944.stmIf it was intentional he would not have taken out the Bus stop as well, the windscreen of the Bus was badly damaged and the Bus driver could have been injured in the accident. probably the driver was distracted for a second when he was trying to change tv channels and dropped his phone into his cornflakes and the milk spilt on his paper -  sorry ste!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2014 0:10:51 GMT 1
Nice find Speedbird. I didn't know about this video until yesterday and your clip confirmed my theory of a classic case of what is known as 'Foot Placement Error'. The woman who owned the Porsche couldn't see how this was possible but it is and it's not uncommon. For those who don't know about it I will explain with the use of the video. We've all heard of the headline grabbing pensioners who manage to find themselves in someone's living room that's situated ahead of them whilst their attempting to reverse out of a parking place. Unfortunately, it's not just pensioners who suffer from this as it can happen to anyone of us no-matter what age. 'Foot Placement Error' comes about when the driver wrongly believes that they have placed their foot on the correct pedal when in fact they haven't. In this video the bus driver will have been aware of the Porsche and the bus about to pass him from the rear. Unfortunately, for whatever reason he was not aware of the silver VW. He's waited for the bus to pass and applied full right-hand lock to come out from behind the vehicle parked in front of him, as the overtaking bus passes him he begins to move off then suddenly he becomes aware of the silver car and places his foot on the what he believes to be the brake. However, the bus accelerates but the drivers mind set is that he's already braking and therefore applies yet more pressure to the pedal in order to counteract the acceleration. This explains the speed that he comes across the road at as by this point his foot would have been hard down to the floor. Maverick, you forgot about the young lady sitting on the drivers knee spoon feeding him his breakfast - and just as I was beginning to think how observant you where. |
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Post by speedbird1960 on Jan 14, 2014 0:23:09 GMT 1
Hi Ste, many years ago my mate wrote off his Rover P5B Coupe' by doing exactly the same thing, it was an automatic and we all now the golden rule with auto's is not to use your left foot for either pedal for that very reason.
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Post by Biggles on Jan 14, 2014 2:22:20 GMT 1
If you read some of the comments I seem to favour the one from someone at the scene stating the bus driver suffered an apparent heart attack. The lack of control from the moment it moved would support the erratic travel and end result.
I have had the sad duty to have dealt with three similar accidents and the similarity in them all was the fact the driver floored the accelerator at the moment of the onset of a fatal heart attack. The HGV Artic I dealt with that sticks in my mind to involved the driver having a fatal heart attack as he got to a set of red traffic lights and speeding through them collected a pick up truck under the trailer which was passing correctly through the green light controlled main r. if carried on for nearly 300 yards. The end result was horrendous.
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sorry ste!! 