Vincero dOro Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 A fake cigarette prompted armed police to swoop on a coach on the M6 Toll road and close the motorway for four hours. Forty eight passengers on the Megabus Preston to London service were led off the coach and forced to sit apart in a cordon on the opposite carriageway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-18728303 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 See- even fake smoking brings with it a toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomdido Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Idiots. How much did that over-reaction cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Idiots. How much did that over-reaction cost? But what would you have said had it been for real and they'd taken no precautions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBump Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I guess the cost would not have mattered if it was not a false alarm. Good bit of advertising for Megabus too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernStar Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 It's silly, I just laughed out loud when the news called it a 'fake' electronic cigarette - a complete over reaction. Jeffrey, just because you don't know what something is doesn't make it a potential bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Edd Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 But what would you have said had it been for real and they'd taken no precautions? But it wasnt real. Had common sense been applied i doubt this would have got so out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomdido Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 But what would you have said had it been for real and they'd taken no precautions? There's a response and there's this. Looks like they ran it like a text-book scenario by isolating people prior to figuring out who the terrorists were. Total overkill and the cause of massive disruption. At least they didn't shoot anyone dead this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomdido Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Next time I travel I'm going to take me some dry ice in a flask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Next time I travel I'm going to take me some dry ice in a flask. Why would you want to do that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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