Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Please check the Forum Guidelines at the top of the Newbie section

Pages: [1] 2 3 4  All   Go Down

Author Topic: Bus driver skill  (Read 7011 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

STEMO

  • Guest
Bus driver skill
« on: 02 March 2018, 13:12:18 »
Well done this lady bus driver. She did not panic.....unlike the van driver who filmed it  ;D

https://youtu.be/fq3xXdcZacc
Logged

Varche

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • middle of Andalucia
  • Posts: 13992
  • What is going to break next?
    • Golf Estate
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #1 on: 02 March 2018, 13:16:35 »
saw that and the interview with her a few moments ago. What was the Dylan trying to do in the car?
Logged
The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have started asking humans to prove that they aren’t a robot.

aaronjb

  • Guest
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #2 on: 02 March 2018, 13:29:51 »
Clearly the problem was caused by the dingleberry unable to drive up a straight road, but I do have to wonder why the bus was travelling as fast as it appeared to be in those conditions..
Logged

STEMO

  • Guest
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #3 on: 02 March 2018, 13:34:16 »
Quote from: aaronjb on 02 March 2018, 13:29:51
Clearly the problem was caused by the dingleberry unable to drive up a straight road, but I do have to wonder why the bus was travelling as fast as it appeared to be in those conditions..
It was Scotland, that's just everyday snow, nothing special.
Logged

Doctor Gollum

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • In a colds and darks puddleses
  • Posts: 29969
  • If you can't eat them, join them...
    • Feetses.
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #4 on: 02 March 2018, 13:41:26 »
Saw that on the news last night... good job it wasn't smellivision going by the van drivers reaction. (I wonder if he reversed into the vehicle behind in his panic :-\) Very good recovery from a possibly self inflicted situation... Bus could have been traveling a touch slower, but he clearly didn't panic.  8) Or brake. ;D
Logged
Onanists always think outside the box.

STEMO

  • Guest
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #5 on: 02 March 2018, 13:45:07 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 02 March 2018, 13:41:26
Saw that on the news last night... good job it wasn't smellivision going by the van drivers reaction. (I wonder if he reversed into the vehicle behind in his panic :-\) Very good recovery from a possibly self inflicted situation... Bus could have been traveling a touch slower, but SHE clearly didn't panic.  8) Or brake. ;D
Fixed.
Logged

Doctor Gollum

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • In a colds and darks puddleses
  • Posts: 29969
  • If you can't eat them, join them...
    • Feetses.
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #6 on: 02 March 2018, 14:14:44 »
Quote from: STEMO on 02 March 2018, 13:45:07
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 02 March 2018, 13:41:26
Saw that on the news last night... good job it wasn't smellivision going by the van drivers reaction. (I wonder if he reversed into the vehicle behind in his panic :-\) Very good recovery from a possibly self inflicted situation... Bus could have been traveling a touch slower, but SHE clearly didn't panic.  8) Or brake. ;D
Fixed.
Fair dos :y

hadn't actually noticed tbh, was quite distracted by the big squeaking mouse behind the camera ::)
Logged
Onanists always think outside the box.

Field Marshal Dr. Opti

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Utopia
  • Posts: 32539
  • Speaking sense, not Woke PC crap
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #7 on: 02 March 2018, 14:23:34 »
It wasn't some form of 'superhuman' skill  by the girlie bus driver.

She simply closed her eyes and yanked at the wheel. Pure luck. :)

Logged

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39773
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #8 on: 02 March 2018, 14:32:07 »
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 02 March 2018, 14:23:34
It wasn't some form of 'superhuman' skill  by the girlie bus driver.

She simply closed her eyes and yanked at the wheel. Pure luck. :)

 ;D ;D
Logged

Nick W

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Chatham, Kent
  • Posts: 11065
    • Ghastly 1.0l Focus
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #9 on: 02 March 2018, 14:40:24 »
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 02 March 2018, 14:23:34
It wasn't some form of 'superhuman' skill  by the girlie bus driver.

She simply closed her eyes and yanked at the wheel. Pure luck. :)


That seems to be what new drivers are taught now: snatch top gear as soon as you can, and hope for the best.
Logged

Lizzie Zoom

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Female
  • South
  • Posts: 7558
    • Omega 3.2 V6 ELITE 2003
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #10 on: 02 March 2018, 15:46:30 »
Quote from: Nick W on 02 March 2018, 14:40:24
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 02 March 2018, 14:23:34
It wasn't some form of 'superhuman' skill  by the girlie bus driver.

She simply closed her eyes and yanked at the wheel. Pure luck. :)


That seems to be what new drivers are taught now: snatch top gear as soon as you can, and hope for the best.

I was awaiting a thread about this, that has been on TV a few times now.

As STEMO correctly stated in his opening post, this was a very good expert LADY bus driver that did everything by the book; she did not brake, she just delicately steered the bus around the obstacle (car) and did not panic.  She saved many people from potential injury and demonstrated  all the skills of an advanced driver of a PSV.  She is to be applauded, and as STEMO already has, men should recognise that without going into "all boys together" mode with all the usual lady driver jokes!

From the film she is travelling at about 30 mph, which should be acceptable on such a stretch of straight road, and in fact, as proof,  if she had been going any faster she would have lost control once she steered through. 8) 8) 8) :y
Logged

Gaffers

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • NE Hampshire/Surrey
  • Posts: 11322
    • Ford Ranger Wildtrak
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #11 on: 02 March 2018, 16:07:25 »
I might be in the minority but I feel that the driver was going too fast for the conditions.  I dont think she reacted late, she had obviously seen the car but was trying to figure out what the heck the muppet in the mini was doing.

She pulled off a great piece of driving to avoid a collision though but the whole thing could have been avoided with the correct application of speed to the conditions.
Logged

STEMO

  • Guest
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #12 on: 02 March 2018, 16:13:22 »
Well.....I think she did really well and I take my hat off to her.....if only for staying calm.
Logged

YZ250

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Oxford/Bucks border
  • Posts: 4626
    • Black 3.2 Elite Estate
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #13 on: 02 March 2018, 16:45:11 »
Quote from: STEMO on 02 March 2018, 16:13:22
Well.....I think she did really well and I take my hat off to her.....if only for staying calm.

I think she did well, she missed the car and that's the important bit.  :y

Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 02 March 2018, 15:46:30
..... she did not brake, she just delicately steered the bus around the obstacle (car) and did not panic.......

When interviewed she said she did brake. She came off the brake when the bus slewed, which thankfully put her in a perfect line to avoid everyone, which can clearly be seen on the footage. She admits that luck was on her side, and to be honest we all need a bit of luck in these situations.
Personally I think it matters not one jot, she avoided a collision by whatever means so the rest is irrelevant. Without the presence of the dash cam footage we wouldn't even be able to scrutinise.
I'm with STEMO, I think she did well. It was actually a very graceful slide, I'd have been well chuffed if it was me.  ;D
Logged
My fun car is a 2020 Bmw F32 430d M Sport with indicators.
My cruiser is an Audi A6 Avant S Line Black Edition with indicators.

Sir Tigger KC

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • West Dorset
  • Posts: 24738
    • BMW 530d Touring
    • View Profile
Re: Bus driver skill
« Reply #14 on: 02 March 2018, 17:02:58 »
Quote from: STEMO on 02 March 2018, 16:13:22
Well.....I think she did really well and I take my hat off to her.....if only for staying calm.

You don't know she stayed calm.  She was probably pissing her pants!  ;D

Hats off to her though!  :y
Logged
RIP Paul 'Luvvie' Lovejoy

Politically homeless ......
Pages: [1] 2 3 4  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.013 seconds with 17 queries.