saintee4life Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Bin lorry crashes into pedestrians in Glasgow City Centre at least 6 dead. Horrendous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstar101 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 George Square, near Queen Street Station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejksjfc Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Watching this on Sky News just now they are saying the bin lorry was travelling at 70 mph.............. how is that possible in that area? Edited December 22, 2014 by ejksjfc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Watching this on Sky News just now they are saying the bin lorry was travelling at 70 mph.............. how is that possible in that area?my thoughts exactly although this was just from an eyewitness and he may have been caught up in the moment when making the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nips Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 If the driver has been slumped over the wheel (as they're suggesting on BBC website) and his foot is on the accellerator then it could have got up to a fair speed. Doubtful it would have been 70mph but as s4l suggested that could be witness exaggeration.  Horrible stuff either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 The thing I'm struggling to get my head round is this, after the initial collision the vehicle travelled a fair distance before coming to rest, perhaps a timescale of almost a minute. Now binmen very seldom travel alone so surely someone in the cab could've grabbed the steering wheel, yanked on the handbrake or something to halt it, or perhaps they were in shock or injured. This is all guesswork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammsteinally Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 The thing I'm struggling to get my head round is this, after the initial collision the vehicle travelled a fair distance before coming to rest, perhaps a timescale of almost a minute. Now binmen very seldom travel alone so surely someone in the cab could've grabbed the steering wheel, yanked on the handbrake or something to halt it, or perhaps they were in shock or injured. This is all guesswork  not sure if the handbrake would stop it(you can move off in your car with the handbrake on) depends on the size of the driver if you could get to the controls. if  the drivers foots on the pedal and its getting faster i don't know what moving the wheel would have done. could have made it worse or maybe it did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 not sure if the handbrake would stop it(you can move off in your car with the handbrake on) depends on the size of the driver if you could get to the controls. if the drivers foots on the pedal and its getting faster i don't know what moving the wheel would have done. could have made it worse or maybe it didAye you could be bangon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Beatson Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 The thing I'm struggling to get my head round is this, after the initial collision the vehicle travelled a fair distance before coming to rest, perhaps a timescale of almost a minute. Now binmen very seldom travel alone so surely someone in the cab could've grabbed the steering wheel, yanked on the handbrake or something to halt it, or perhaps they were in shock or injured. This is all guesswork Usually the other people on the lorry are outside the cab emptying bins into the back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Usually the other people on the lorry are outside the cab emptying bins into the back?sometimes that is the case jamie not always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_saint Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 lets keep the speculation to a minimum until we have some concrete evidence. Two back to back years of horrendous xmas tragedies in one city. RIP uphallsaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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