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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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 Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 1:16 am Post subject: Tourist Bus Goes Off Bridge--12 Killed |
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Story here:
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| A tourist bus carrying 24 passengers fell off an elevated motorway near Incheon Bridge, some 30 kilometers west of Seoul, killing 12 on Saturday afternoon. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:39 am Post subject: |
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The cause would seem obvious to me. A bridge over-congested with traffic (i've been on it on a saturday), driver frustration and risk-taking, and a guardrail that provided no safety.
Commiserations to the victims families... |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:10 am Post subject: |
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| I had to search for the news online after I saw it on YTN News. The driver "was attempting to avoid a stalled Matiz on the bridge," is what the on-scene reporter said. I guess the driver couldn't be bothered to do that safely. Why is safety treated like a curse word here? |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| I had to search for the news online after I saw it on YTN News. The driver "was attempting to avoid a stalled Matiz on the bridge," is what the on-scene reporter said. I guess the driver couldn't be bothered to do that safely. Why is safety treated like a curse word here? |
BBC reported it as a "parked" car.
Internationally they are making people here look like idiots  |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 3:06 am Post subject: |
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People park all the time in illegal and dangerous places. The freeway is no place for that.
If the driver had a legitimate car problem and had to stop, then he should have pulled over to the right side and put on his 4-ways.
The driver was likely driving too fast in rainy weather. |
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