grant Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 That's the fire engine just leaving, closely followed by the crane. The crane driver was rubbing his hands together, counting up his overtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 This was just an accident waiting to happen. The location of the Protours depot is hopelessly inappropriate and I am amazed that there hasn’t been a serious incident before now. Furthermore, it would not surprise me if this accident was caused by mechanical failure of the vehicles braking system. It worries me that the main coach operator on the island continues to use decrepit 20 year old buses. The one in the picture looks like one of these knackered old Leylands they use on the school runs This taken from the protours website Chassis: Leyland Tiger TRCT11/3LZM built 1990 (70); TRCTL11/3R built 1985 (71); TRCT11/3LZ built 1986 (72); TRCTL11/3ARZ built 1989 (73) Body: Plaxton Derwent 3000 C70F (70/72); Wadham Stringer DP71F (71); Duple 320 C70F (73) Last Operator & Previous registration numbers: South Glos Bus Co, Patchway G543 XWS (70) and D840 JHW (72); Ministry of Defence B822 YTC (71); Bell (Rutherfords), Eastergate GKZ 8843, UTF 119, F791 JTV (73) 70 - BMN 111A[iii] 71 - EMN 111U 72 - FMN 111U 73 - H111 MAN[iv] On the other hand it could be driver error... Which is isn't so good either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Jesus Rab, what are you using for a flash? A nuclear warhead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsbot Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 A coach crashes through a wall and lands on the roof of a house on the Isle of Man. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7046483.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 This was just an accident waiting to happen........................ .....The location of the Protours depot is hopelessly inappropriate...................... .... mechanical failure of the vehicles braking system........................ ....decrepit 20 year old buses.................... ....knackered old Leylands........................ ....it could be driver error........................ Uh, hedging your bets? You seem to have covered everything here, lol...... ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Chassis: Leyland Tiger TRCT11/3LZM built 1990 (70); TRCTL11/3R built 1985 (71); TRCT11/3LZ built 1986 (72); TRCTL11/3ARZ built 1989 (73) Body: Plaxton Derwent 3000 C70F (70/72); Wadham Stringer DP71F (71); Duple 320 C70F (73) Last Operator & Previous registration numbers: South Glos Bus Co, Patchway G543 XWS (70) and D840 JHW (72); Ministry of Defence B822 YTC (71); Bell (Rutherfords), Eastergate GKZ 8843, UTF 119, F791 JTV (73) 70 - BMN 111A[iii] 71 - EMN 111U 72 - FMN 111U 73 - H111 MAN[iv] On the other hand it could be driver error... Which is isn't so good either You seem quite angry for the sad anorak type who has gone to the trouble of tracing the history of a bus. Do you masturbate over steam trains as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky boy Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Apparently Micheal Caine was stood at the back saying: "Nobody move, I've got an idea" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Apparently Micheal Caine was stood at the back saying: "Nobody move, I've got an idea" Thats uncanny. The same night some Italians took the roof off my E Type with a digger. I think you're on to something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Caine Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Apparently Michael Caine was stood at the back saying: "Nobody move, I've got an idea" I was nowhere near the area and rumours of white paint from a Mini on the rear of the coach and broken headlight glass on the road are completely unfounded. I wish I'd known about it though, it would have made a good photo, especially if we'd dug out the red and blue Minis as well - http://www.italianjob.info/gallery/photo.php?photo=30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 This was just an accident waiting to happen........................ .....The location of the Protours depot is hopelessly inappropriate...................... .... mechanical failure of the vehicles braking system........................ ....decrepit 20 year old buses.................... ....knackered old Leylands........................ ....it could be driver error........................ Uh, hedging your bets? You seem to have covered everything here, lol...... ; ) Yep! Only 'Act of God' seems to be missing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Terminator Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 A Friend who works for Protours has just said they have to out of the Summer Hill site by the end of December, Not sure where they are moving to or whats happening? I thought Tours owned that plot of land but apparently not. Not sure if the Accident had anything to do with the coming move or whats going to replace Tours on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molly Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 they have to move out as the site is required for the new pizzahut. thought everyone knew that already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Its the new Starbucks site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Its the new Starbucks site. No. Tesco's Onchan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdose Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 It's Lidl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.