Illegal Bus Burying??

TEA! · 06-08-2009 8:44am #1

Hi,
I need help with this one.
I live near to a bus station which runs buses in my local area. It is nothing special, they own about 20 buses and have been running for quite some time.
However, they are expanding their business by building a big new structure in the lot right beside where they run the business from.
5 years ago, they crushed up their old buses and buried them under hte ground. It is truly pathetic to do that - it is extremely dangerous not to mention cruel!

No body near to us has acted out or done anything because the family who owns the bus station has 'connections' in the County Council - family members, brother-in-laws and so on.

Please help, this can't go on - if they build their new structure, there will be a digger and 5 buses buried underground forever. I feel very strongly about things like this.

What should we do?

farrier · 07-08-2009 1:22pm

You mention that burying scrapped and crushed buses is 'cruel' - cruel to who or what?

if they build their new structure, there will be a digger and 5 buses buried underground forever - so what?

If you throw a rusty old knife in the bin today it's going to end up in a landfill buried forever, just like those vehicles so where's the problem?

As long as they drain the oil from the vehicles then I don't see that there's any problem. On some offshore islands the young lads bring bangers over from the mainland, drive the crap out of them and then just abandon them in the sand dunes. At least the family you're talking about appear to have disposed of their old vehicles (1) on their own property and (2) at no expense to the taxpayer - good citizens if you ask me.

athlonelad · 09-08-2009 2:13am

i agree. its not exactly toxic waste. ive seen alot of other stuff used as "fill" on sites that would be worse. those buses wont bother anyone underground so long as they have been drained of oil and that. sure its only scrap metal now

120_Minutes · 09-08-2009 2:39am

wont somebody please think of the busses!!!

09-08-2009 5:39am

It least they weren't cremated, may they rust in peace!

AckwelFoley · 09-08-2009 9:14pm

illegal dumping perhaps yes.

cruel?? FFS :rolleyes:

IPushButtons · 13-08-2009 2:37pm

It is illegal to bury buses under the ground you have to contact the local council they have to investigate.

patrickthomas · 13-08-2009 5:44pm

TEA! wrote: »

Hi,
I need help with this one.
I live near to a bus station which runs buses in my local area. It is nothing special, they own about 20 buses and have been running for quite some time.
However, they are expanding their business by building a big new structure in the lot right beside where they run the business from.
5 years ago, they crushed up their old buses and buried them under hte ground. It is truly pathetic to do that - it is extremely dangerous not to mention cruel!

No body near to us has acted out or done anything because the family who owns the bus station has 'connections' in the County Council - family members, brother-in-laws and so on.

Please help, this can't go on - if they build their new structure, there will be a digger and 5 buses buried underground forever. I feel very strongly about things like this.

What should we do?

It's ok, the buses were well and truly dead, and are now in bus heaven with little wings flapping around in clouds of glorious smog, listening to angels playing sounds of horns honking and rubber screeching.

And don't worry, on the final day the buses will arise and drive again.

No buses, cars or mopeds were harmed in the making of this post