Dublin Bus on Amien Street

MiCr0

Some pics taken from our car (by my wife)

GristlyEnd

I heard about that this morning on twitter. Was it the tree that caused it?

Fajitas!

Heard it on the news, I think the tree got caught up in it, and they had to cut the roof off as a result.

Mad.

Good to see pics!

Drummerboy2

Dublin Bus downsizing has started.

Run_to_da_hills

Woild you be allowed smoke upstairs?

Saruman

Drummerboy2 wrote: »

Dublin Bus downsizing has started.

:D

Hagar

That's gonna cost, insurance on a coupé model is always more expensive.

HashSlinging

Another pic..

lostexpectation

damaged the back too

Saruman

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0205/amiens.html

How? Is it not in a bus lane?

Shiny

Saruman wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0205/amiens.html

How? Is it not in a bus lane?

Finally the bus driver got what he deserved for driving in the
cycling lane. :rolleyes:

Xiney

Fajitas! wrote: »

Heard it on the news, I think the tree got caught up in it, and they had to cut the roof off as a result.

Mad.

Good to see pics!

Wait.

Bits of a tree got caught in a bus.

So they cut up the bus????



I... I don't get it.

HashSlinging

trees have feelings buses don't.

craiginireland

Nice to see more open top buses for all those tourists we're expecting

coylemj

No doubt the trade union explanation will be that they need more training, like how do you expect a bus driver to be able to predict what a tree will do next?

IIMII

I'd think twice before sitting in the upper front left seats in future.. :eek:

Cookie_Monster

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Woild you be allowed smoke upstairs?

As opposed to now when they do anyway:pac:

thatsnotmyname

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Woild you be allowed smoke upstairs?

ha ha :pac:
theres always one

Stephen

Lucky there was no passengers on board when this happened!

star.chaser

female bus driver? :P

lostexpectation

perfect weather for it

lostexpectation

star.chaser wrote: »

female bus driver? :P

bus driver?

Tallon

F*** sake, that is awesome, glad noone was hurt.

except it is the one time I wish there was some youngone upstairs with her phone on loadspeaker, beating out muffled songs she recorded of the radio!!!

YourName

I was there this morning, got loads of pics of it, pretty exciting stuff, I will put them up later.

The bus driver clicppied this branch and the roof collapsed, the fire brigade took the roof off the rest of the way and put it on the ground, apparently there was one man upstairs but he is ok, the driver is in the matter aparently as well. There were loads of photographers there as well, so I bet there will be loads of pics around soon, id check the herald if I were you. There has been news reporters in and out all day asking questions, so I would say there will be a big story about it soon.

Tlak to yous later

robby^5

Now they have a new a brand new Dublin Tour Bus, some great money saving by Dublin Bus during this recession.

star.chaser

yeah, it's the new eco friendly aerodynamic model. less wind resistance & more efficient air conditioning

Tarabuses

mcgowaner wrote: »

I was there this morning, got loads of pics of it, pretty exciting stuff, I will put them up later.

The bus driver clicppied this branch and the roof collapsed, the fire brigade took the roof off the rest of the way and put it on the ground, apparently there was one man upstairs but he is ok, the driver is in the matter aparently as well. There were loads of photographers there as well, so I bet there will be loads of pics around soon, id check the herald if I were you. There has been news reporters in and out all day asking questions, so I would say there will be a big story about it soon.

Tlak to yous later

Buses "clip" branches all the time but the roof doesn't fall off! There must be more to this story

Ricky91t

Tarabuses wrote: »

Buses "clip" branches all the time but the roof doesn't fall off! There must be more to this story

He didn't clip he "clicppied" maybe that some slang for drove into?

You have to remeber that you don't know the size of the branch and i'm sure the top part of buses isn't the most strongest,either way would be interesting to see what they say on the news...

Tallon

mcgowaner wrote: »

the driver is in the matter aparently as well.

Seems like a waste, I mean he was on the way to Beaumont Hospital.... Should have just stayed goin, lol

Got emailed these by one of the lads earlier....not mine (or his i don't think)

Few more....

sgarvan

Double Decker Crash

maggiemae

It is great that nobody was hurt. Why was there an empty bus on the city centre streets during rush hour though:eek:

It was heading out of town, also it's a specialist bus that only goes to killester. Plenty of other buses go the same route and then further so very few people would be going there at that hour.

YourName

Heres my few . . . . .














You can see the branch that it hit there above . . . . .

Interesting thing to come across, I must say.

All the pics are unedited so don't mind the quality.

rovers2001

Did you see the special BRANCH investigating.

CabanSail

This thread just goes to show why you should have a camera with you at all times.

YourName

CabanSail wrote: »

This thread just goes to show why you should have a camera with you at all times.

I know, I was delighted that I did have it when I came across it and I had it in my bag, you never know what you could find on your travels.

CabanSail

This is the reason I bought my G9. It's a great little camera to have with at all times.

Fionn

dramatic shots!!!

i suppose the poor tree will suffer the indignity of getting the offending branches cut off!!

Capt'n Midnight

Shiny wrote: »

Finally the bus driver got what he deserved for driving in the
cycling lane. :rolleyes:

unfortunatly it's not a real cycle lane thanks to the PD's

Motorists are perfectly entitled to drive in it unless there is a bike there already.
Exactly the same as rule if there wasn't a bike lane.

Capt'n Midnight

rovers2001 wrote: »

Did you see the special BRANCH investigating.

Oi leaf it out :pac:

Dublin Bus have sent in three inspectors of their own.

Saruman

What i do not understand is that its a bus lane, and the tree has been there for a very long time. How has this not happened before?

Look at mcgowaner's 4th pic where they are lifting the roof on to the red truck with a crane.

The tree is right by the kerb and the bowl where the markings are do not look to be as high as a double decker so how did it not happen before? Unless the bus driver was too close to the kerb?

Maybe this is a sneaky way for Dublin bus to convert old buses to open tops for the coming summer season

Victor

Some changes were made to that QBC over the last while, although I don't know if any changes were made at that point.

Saruman wrote: »

What i do not understand is that its a bus lane, and the tree has been there for a very long time. How has this not happened before?

I imagine its down to chance.

star.chaser

"out of service", i'd never have known

YourName

:D:D:D:D