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29-05-2015, 05:15 PM | #1 | |||
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reported on ITV1 London news [Effort: The bus is lifted slightly off the ground as the commuters work to free the trapped man in Walthamstow during the evening rush hour] Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3bY5X7A7P Sadly The Bus driver had no idea Last edited by arista; 29-05-2015 at 05:20 PM. |
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29-05-2015, 06:12 PM | #2 | |||
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Incidents such as this restores a little Faith uh Arista?
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30-05-2015, 12:12 AM | #3 | |||
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I read about this wish I'd posted it now it was really heartwarming Hope the guy is recovering, this will be something to tell the grandkids!
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30-05-2015, 12:27 AM | #4 | |||
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Wow... things like this really give me faith in humanity <3
(not the cyclist being run over, of course)
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30-05-2015, 12:28 AM | #5 | ||
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The sentiment is heartwarming but - not to rain on the parade - but they could quite easily have made his injuries worse or ended up hurting someone else...
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30-05-2015, 01:59 AM | #6 | |||
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30-05-2015, 02:02 AM | #7 | |||
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They could if they released pressure from a severed artery he'd bleed out... dragging him free could've also caused spinal injury but who cares they moved a bus!
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30-05-2015, 09:25 AM | #8 | |||
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'50 London civilians have been killed trying to save one cyclist who was trapped under a double decker bus.'
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30-05-2015, 09:31 AM | #9 | |||
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I get what you are saying, but in the heat of the moment I think they did the right thing, well done Londoners
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30-05-2015, 09:36 AM | #10 | ||
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Basically... Yes it sounds like the man was in agony, but unless his life was in immediate danger (e.g. If it looked like he was already bleeding out and there was no way to stop the bleeding without moving him) then they should have waited for an ambulance to assess his injury and the fire service to jack up the bus... Makes a less interesting story, though . |
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30-05-2015, 09:40 AM | #11 | |||
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30-05-2015, 09:40 AM | #12 | ||
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It's not the right thing, though, even officially... The highway code is quite clear about the fact that you should never move a road traffic accident victim unless they are in clear imminent danger. There can even be questions about it in the driving theory test. If you chose the "I'd move them" option, it would be the wrong answer!
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30-05-2015, 09:41 AM | #13 | ||
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30-05-2015, 09:42 AM | #14 | |||
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30-05-2015, 09:45 AM | #15 | ||
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There's a reason for it, though, if you don't know what you're doing you could kill or paralyse someone. It's different if you know no help is coming and have no choice, then you have to take the risk, but the emergency services would have been on the scene for this pretty quickly.
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30-05-2015, 10:02 AM | #16 | |||
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..he was conscious..?..there is always the danger of him falling into unconsciousness with his injuries and pain, which could have happened at any second and then every second it took for the paramedics to get there would have been of vital importance for possible brain damage and the extent of it...I agree TS, of course it was against 'the correct way'...but in this particular case, he is being cared for in hospital and hopefully will recover and have a good quality to his life if he does lose his leg..and I would imagine be so thankful to those people..it won't change and doesn't change any correct medical procedure for any other situation in the future...he could have been paralysed or could have lost his life....or he could have had severe brain damage or a degree of brain damage or could have lost his life...
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30-05-2015, 10:20 AM | #17 | |||
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A unicyclist - a unicyclist - gets crushed by a bus and no one wonders what a unicyclist was doing in traffic?
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30-05-2015, 10:22 AM | #18 | |||
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no because we were focusing on how nice people were, you debbie downer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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30-05-2015, 10:30 AM | #19 | |||
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A UNICYCLIST. Last edited by Livia; 30-05-2015 at 10:31 AM. |
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30-05-2015, 10:35 AM | #20 | ||
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30-05-2015, 10:38 AM | #21 | |||
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30-05-2015, 10:43 AM | #22 | |||
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