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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5111   
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Car has near miss with bus in Edinburgh skidding in snow
Great bit of professional driving 
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1st Mar 2018 3:33pm |
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| mick Member Since: 08 Feb 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 2109  
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Looked like they were trying to turn round. What were they thinking
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1st Mar 2018 3:45pm |
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| srod Member Since: 20 Mar 2015 Location: Argyll Posts: 190 |
stylish moves by that bus driver!
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1st Mar 2018 4:00pm |
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| Oakseywick Member Since: 20 Dec 2014 Location: Cirencester Posts: 1000  
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Great skills by the bus driver
 what was the car driver thinking  |
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1st Mar 2018 5:24pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5111
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Years ago when I was a lad I remember seeing a Pathe News film at the cinema showing bus drivers being trained on a skid pan, I wonder if that practice is still learnt today by bus drivers. For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..
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1st Mar 2018 6:00pm |
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| trickster5000 Member Since: 12 Dec 2015 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 502 
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That would have been a dangerous manoeuvre in normal conditions but in the snow it was just suicidal! Well saved by the bus driver though
Matt.
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1st Mar 2018 7:07pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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Car driver should look at that and think what could have happened
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1st Mar 2018 7:12pm |
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| apt100 Member Since: 05 Mar 2015 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1547 
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here is a clip from a fly on the wall documentary about driver skid pan training
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1st Mar 2018 7:25pm |
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| Hairy Dan Member Since: 25 Apr 2013 Location: NW Durham Posts: 1418 
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Agreed she did a great job of avoiding the idiot.
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1st Mar 2018 10:37pm |
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| Leviathan Member Since: 24 Oct 2015 Location: Staffs Posts: 248
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Not excusing the idiot who tried the u turn, but I think the bus was travelling far too fast for the conditions.
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2nd Mar 2018 3:54pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3307 
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That was my first thought also. Great save though.
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2nd Mar 2018 4:12pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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She was clearly driving within her abilities...unlike the car driver. Darren
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2nd Mar 2018 7:05pm |
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| donmacn Member Since: 06 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1845 
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I listened to her interview on Reporting Scotland earlier. What you can't see on the video is that the bus had been climbing a hill prior to coming into view. Probably carrying a bit of speed to get up the hill, about to offload it over the crest, and then faced with a car in the wrong side of the road. Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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2nd Mar 2018 8:10pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441
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Haven't seen any buses for a couple of days in my neck of the woods
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2nd Mar 2018 8:52pm |
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