alchresearch Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Amazing. A lorry fell off a bridge onto a motorway last night, killing the driver and it barely gets a mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Amazing. A lorry fell off a bridge onto a motorway last night, killing the driver and it barely gets a mention. In the four days since this major accident, the number of deaths on the road is probably over two dozen - none of those have reached the news, but a mere seven deaths makes enormous headlines simply because they all happened at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Update on this awful accident. Turns out the police are charging the bloke doing the fireworks who was in charge of the fireworks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-20012262 Health and safety is there for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Which is why the company initially asked to quote for the job refused to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Which is why the company initially asked to quote for the job refused to do it Correctamundo. When event pros like firework companies say no, they do it for a reason. I still feel sorry for the bloke though. I doubt he did it on purpose and it must haunt him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Correctamundo. When event pros like firework companies say no, they do it for a reason. I still feel sorry for the bloke though. I doubt he did it on purpose and it must haunt him. I agree, they needed a scapegoat and found one. It was very foggy on the M53 when I went to work yesterday. Luckily there were no crashes. If they were who would they have liked to pin that on? Fog, smoke, poor visibility happens. Drivers rarely seem to change their driving style to accommodate this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 The drivers should have been concentrating on the road and conditions not watching fireworks.The bloke who was doing the display cannot be blamed another bit of police looking for the easy way out. We are all responsible for our own actions the fireworks were stood still the vehicles were not.How many times do you follow another car and see the driver looking at the passenger when they are talking,this to me is driving without due care and attention and fits in the same category as looking at the fireworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Well I guess some of them did, hence the crash. Probably someone slamming on the anchors in outside lane. In dense fog it doesn't give alot of time for the next guy to respond and stop in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 The drivers should have been concentrating on the road and conditions not watching fireworks.The bloke who was doing the display cannot be blamed another bit of police looking for the easy way out. If they were looking to do that they would have blamed one of the dead drivers. We are all responsible for our own actions the fireworks were stood still the vehicles were not.How many times do you follow another car and see the driver looking at the passenger when they are talking,this to me is driving without due care and attention and fits in the same category as looking at the fireworks. I don't think there's any suggestion people were watching the firework display is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Fog, smoke, poor visibility happens. Drivers rarely seem to change their driving style to accommodate this.Wasn't the bank of dense smoke around a bend? The motorway is on a viaduct there. I certainly would expect to be taken unawares by a firework going off alongside me - though I have no recollection of the fireworks being mentioned by witnesses, which is why fog was initially stated as the cause. Witnesses did not know it was smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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