national express crash

[turienzo's lovechild]

i'm getting on a national express this sunday

 

[rospants]

its so sad, two dead so far, could be more

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6229719.stm

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

as a bit of a national express regular i've seen some utter MENTALISTS driving those things, i'm not suprised about this at all

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

oh, and RIP to those who died

 

[bigc]

I'm not surprised you're using them though.

I can imagine the trainfare to Newcastle would be ridiculous.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

my train down for xmas only cost £10, but thats cos i booked it in OCTOBER


it'd cost £100 plus if i booked my train back up around now, the coach cost £8

 

[bigc]

It's so annoying though, because aside from when you're coming back for a totally specific date, you don't know in October when you want to come back.

£10 is good though, that's more than it costs me to get back from London most of the time!

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

trains are just ridiculous now, i don't know how they justify the prices

with coaches you know what you're getting, you get what you pay for i suppose

i try to avoid megabus like the plague but they are SO cheap i can't see how they make any profit at all

 

[Woodchip]

Train fares from Mighty Seaford to Brighton during peak times actually went down this year. :thud: £9.10 for a return to £6.

 

[cardboard]

The driver has been charged with dangerous driving

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

clipped the kerb apparently


quite right he should be charged

 

[bigc]

Train fares from Mighty Seaford to Brighton during peak times actually went down this year. :thud: £9.10 for a return to £6.

well it is cheaper to get a train to Hove these days than a bus.

bus would cost me minimum £1.50, whereas a train to Hove from Brighton locations(in my case, London Road) is only £1.30, and quicker if you time it right.

 

[Yorkie]

How did a coach going from London Victoria to Aberdeen crash on the slip rd from the M4 to the M25?

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

How did a coach going from London Victoria to Aberdeen crash on the slip rd from the M4 to the M25?

it was going to heathrow wasn't it?

 

[surrey jim]

The driver has been charged with dangerous driving

he was arrested not charged yet

Link

 

[Lord Bracknell]

i'm getting on a national express this sunday

It's still safer than most means of travel.

There are about 3.1 road deaths per billion passenger miles.

But only about 0.3 bus and coach deaths per billion passenger miles.

Which makes buses and coaches about 10 times safer than cars as a way to travel.

 

[rospants]

Re: Re: national express crash

It's still safer than most means of travel.

There are about 3.1 road deaths per billion passenger miles.

But only about 0.3 bus and coach deaths per billion passenger miles.

Which makes buses and coaches about 10 times safer than cars as a way to travel.

what about train stats??

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Re: Re: national express crash

It's still safer than most means of travel.

There are about 3.1 road deaths per billion passenger miles.

But only about 0.3 bus and coach deaths per billion passenger miles.

Which makes buses and coaches about 10 times safer than cars as a way to travel.

fair enough, but it still doesn't inspire too much confidence does it!

 

[Woodchip]

Passenger death rates:1 by mode of transport
Great Britain Rate per billion passenger kilometres
1981 1991 1996 2001 2003
M'cycle 115.8 94.6 108.4 112.1 114.4
Walk 76.9 74.6 55.9 47.5 43.3
Bicycle 56.9 46.8 49.8 32.6 25.3
Car 6.1 3.7 3.0 2.8 2.7
Van 3.7 2.1 1.0 0.9 0.9

Bus/coach0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2
Rail2 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1
Water3 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.0
Air3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 See Appendix, Part 12: Passenger death rates.
2 Financial years. Includes train accidents and accidents occurring through movement of railway vehicles.

3 Data are for the United Kingdom.
Source: Department for Transport

 

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