Horror bus accident kills 12 ? people

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I saw a "light" bus crash happen in Newcastle on monday, could have been much worse, thankfully it wasnt.

I was driving in the upper 70's on a 70km/h road (N11 i think) as you come into town. This bus came past me, doing at least 90 to a 100. It was just a plain white bus filled up full with black passengers. I was thinking, "I wish there was a number I could call, this driver is a accident waiting to happen".

There was a set of robots that were red and the bus couldn't stop all the way in the distance he tried too (being so heavy). He drove squarely into the back of a taxi, which pushed the grey RunX in front of it which was pushed forward at an angle and dmaged the red golf at the front and a green 3series Jetta that was in the turn right lane.

Luckily there wasnt any injuries except a bit of shock. And luckily i was in the slower lane...

EDIT: Driver of bus was white...
 
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Highflyer_GP said:
Story was on the news bulletin, apparently the idiot fell asleep at the wheel.
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Thats actually very easy to do, and i think most of the "lost control single vehicle" accidents that arent alcohol related is due to this.
 
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supersunbird said:
Thats actually very easy to do, and i think most of the "lost control single vehicle" accidents that arent alcohol related is due to this.
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Well one of the passengers being interviewed said that they swapped drivers at Harrismith, the accident happened in Maritzburg. That's not a very long distance for somebody who is supposed to be a fresh driver. He's being charged with culpable homicide (I think one charge for each dead passenger) which I think is deserved, hope he enjoys his jail time.
 
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well, the montonious humming of the bus and the road, not having someone to talk too, its real easy even when well rested, even in bright sunlight, i feel it pulling at me sometimes too and take what preventative measures i can...
 
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supersunbird said:
well, the montonious humming of the bus and the road, not having someone to talk too, its real easy even when well rested, even in bright sunlight, i feel it pulling at me sometimes too and take what preventative measures i can...
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Bottom line ... you have to take responsibility for your actions.

10 years ago I had to get up to Messina quickly I hopped in my car (then a modified 325i) ... to cut a long story short I was approx. 50 Kms North of Pietersberg and pulling roughly 230-250khp when I saw a shadow (it was now 01h00) ... I started braking (the shadow seemed to freeze) ... the car started to slew ... I counter-steered ... the next few seconds were hell, I kept expecting to hit a person. I hit nothing, but it didn't stop me from investigating the highway in both directions for about 200m (a very lonely experience).
 
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supersunbird said:
well, the montonious humming of the bus and the road, not having someone to talk too, its real easy even when well rested, even in bright sunlight, i feel it pulling at me sometimes too and take what preventative measures i can...
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From Beaufort-West until Colesberg - beautiful route and excellent road (N1) to drive on - a bit tiresome when I drove this route in daylight.

Was a real struggle from Colesberg to Bloemfontein - IIRC passed Beaufort-West at 1000 and made Bloem at 1745.

Happy Holidays :)
 
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IanC said:
I do .. it says "Crash driver had drunk-drive record"

URLs are a bitch aren't they?? :D
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Saw it in the News24 article I linked to, just not in the original IOL one it was linked to. :)
 
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simple take a sleeping tablet and sleep for 12 hours

and talk to ppl in the car bus taxi whateva
 
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