"Squashme" wrote in message
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On 29 May, 22:24, FrengaX wrote:
On May 29, 10:17 pm, Squashme wrote:



On 29 May, 21:01, FrengaX wrote:

On May 29, 6:34 pm, "mileburner" wrote:

"Mrcheerful" wrote in message

news:1ubMn.15870$dN2.3151@hurricane...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...r/10189702.stm

With all respect to everyone concerned, I would like to point out
that if
the bus was not travelling quite so fast, it may not have needed to
brake so
hard, and therefore the poor person may still be alive.

I further realise that drivers generally like someone to blame and
this view
may be unpopular.

Lower speed limits save lives.

And many bus drivers DLCs

As you obviously seem to know how fast the bus was travelling at the
time, please do enlighten us. And then explain what would have been a
more appropriate speed, considering you have a complete understanding
of the area and circumstances.

Obviously, as a general point, non-lethal speed would have been a
better choice

That's nearly as unhelpful as mileburner's comment. What's a non-
lethal speed, in general? Zero would work, but not very viable. Not
knowing the circumstances of the injury sustained which led to the
passenger's death, how can you tell that it wasn't a freak of
unfortunate circumstances at a speed that would normally not result in
fatalities?

Well, if that were so, Mrcheerful wouldn't have titled this discussion
"dangerous cyclist causes death of OAP", now would he?

the bus driver had to brake so sharply because some cyclist pulled out in
front of him/her. The deceleration was so rapid that one passenger suffered
a broken arm and one died from hitting her head. It could be said that the
design of the bus seating arrangements is unsafe since passengers can be
unseated simply by the brakes of the vehicle, however, hard braking would
not have been needed if the cyclist had not made a serious error.
I would have run the cyclist down rather than braked so hard.