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GLASGOW BIN LORRY
GLASGOW BIN LORRY
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it is strange we've heard so little about the driver - but it may be to protect him and his family who are unlikely to be very popular in Glasgow right now
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Just seen photos of all the flowers. A good day to be a Glaswegian florist.
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I don't think a silly, misguided comment deserves a public lynching imo. Has everyone on here who has heard a joke via email or text about a recent tragedy thought the person who sent it to them deserved a lynching? Just off the top of my head I can recall getting jokes about Paula Yates' death, Matt Lucas' partner's death and that girl in austria who had been found after 24 years locked up in a cellar. That was without even trying. I don't think the people that sent me those jokes deserve to be lynched. What punishment do you think they, or this guy, deserve?
ROB, i am not sure what punishment befits this idiot, firstly he should be barred from facebook/ twitter and the like. and secondly i would like to see him sat in a room with the deceased relatives and given the opportunity to explain himself. |
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Worse things have been said on here on a daily basis......if it's not a threat then it falls under free speech imo. These Twitter prosecutions are just ridiculous.
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joke country that this tweeting idiot has been arrested |
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joke country that this tweeting idiot has been arrested Has he been arrested? I know he went to the police station. Public opinion has resulted in some of these cretins getting arrested and whilst ott I've no sympathy for them. TMM I think they should be barred from wherever they have posted their offensive stuff. BTW for those who speak of freedom of speech then engage your brain. Freedom of speech doesn't give anyone the right to be offensive. |
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Glasgowcalling..... Possibly but I am sure the family of the victims have bigger fish to fry than sharing a room with someone who made a stupid comment that only became famous because of a sh1thouse tabloid and a few tw1tter w@nkers. Oh and a couple of betfair w@nkers like us still discussing it when we should have better things to do. Just let it die for fk sake. And I refer to myself there.
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Freedom of speech let us have street parties for Thatchers death....
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Yeah, if someone I knew had died in an incident like this, I wouldn't give a crap about people posting stuff on twitter. Those losing their rag are just angry at the world and their part in it.
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A mother watching her daughter killed is bad enough, but to lose her mum and dad in the same accident is a pain beyond repair.
May she gain some strength from somewhere to get through this.. |
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This is a bit freaky how they've not released any info about the driver and 2 co passengers. I'm not sure what the precedent is for things like this but wouldn't the gutter press normally go digging up stuff about him/them, at least their names and a picture? All I've heard is that he was slumped across the steering wheel and he had 2 co passengers. The french are apparently playing down a few similar things over the ditch but at least one of them was defo a terrorist attack iirc. If this was as well I guess our authorities would want to play it down too. Not even a name, but imagine the panic if the name was released and it was, for instance, Mohammed?
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Surely that information would have leaked out if it was a Mohammed by now. People in the hospital/bin lorry company would all know
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Well I don't do twitter and stuff. has anything been said on there? The government can keep the press quiet every now and then. Like, for instance, a prominent politician's daughter's suicide bid a few years back.
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The other two in the cab leapt out apparently, more likely to be Poles than Muslims?
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The lack of information released will only fuel suspicions.
We do not know details , but colleagues will know which bin crew it was & this must be common knowledge in parts of the city. |
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Freedom of speech let us have street parties for Thatchers death.... Of course it did. Pretty childish and pathetic imo to watch grown men and women celebrating the death of an old women. |
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The lack of information released will only fuel suspicions Certainly is suspicious. If he's Asian for instance people might jump to conclusions so that could be a reason for saying nowt. As someone elss said the info will be known at his work base so surprised he hasn't been identified on the likes of twitter. |
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Agree with 626. Nothing comes up on google when you try and search for the driver's name. It is kind of beyond comprehension that he wouldn't be named somewhere in the media and/or internet without some sort of cover up.
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maybe it will be criminal,and police gathering evidence
drink,deliberate act? |
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best diagram route of crash--it happened fast,supports heart attack?
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/ScottishSun/547291993916059648 |
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maybe it will be criminal,and police gathering evidence drink,deliberate act? The police made a statement early on saying it was a tragic accident and there was no reason to suspect anything else. Probably not been identified to keep the media away from him and his family. |
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What are the odds?
Case A: A terrorist attack. Case B: For some other reason a big vehicle has ploughed into pedestrians in a big city centre area (something I can't recall ever ever happening on this scale in my 36 years on the planet), at christmas time at the same time as a similar thing happened in France and that was a terrorist attack. |
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police said at this time it's looking a tragic accident
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the pain of the poor woman who saw her mother, father & daughter die in front of her must be unimaginable - unfortunately tragedy is part of life which we all endure to some extent throughout our time but some do seem to suffer grief far more than others - lets hope it was simply a tragic accident although that sentiment is probably meaningless to all those directly involved - very sad
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Driver is called harry according to press.
Vehicle looks like its traveling about 40 mph ish Reports suggested the two crew climbed out after impact with hotel so not sure where the "lept out" is coming from ? ,they did not say if driver was able to get out on his own but it looks like he was unconscious just before it struck hotel imo and it,s not impossible someone else was in the front trying to reach the break .Not sure but think the truck is a Daf but not a full crew cab so not 100% sure about passenger seating ,prob rear .One report said a witness thought driver was having a fit.Vehicle initially looked out of control it was reported and swerved about and then straight down the pavement in a line until it hit skoda taxi and then hotel.Taxi driver not among the dead .The steering would be power steering and these are self centering and could explain straight line imo . In this age of litigation and blame not surprising that their is little coming out until everything has been established . There is a vid and think it shows driver slightly slumped over to his left and maybe someone trying to reach brake with left foot and facing driver but very grainy. Looks like a horrific accident ,vehicle will be an auto or semi auto and driver must have had his foot on the pedal ,could have been a lot worse if it had taken out the ferris wheel and accross the skating rink ect .Seconds earlier and it would have been a bus side on or it could have ploughed straight through a busy shopfront .Knocked down taffic lights and signs like they were not there ,the twin axle truck would weigh about 16 tonne . As bad as it was it could have been a lot worse . |
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xmoneyx 23 Dec 14 10:28 Joined: 12 Jul 11 | Topic/replies: 23,873 | Blogger: xmoneyx's blog 3 in cab,why didn't other two pull handbrake? Not too far off with that comment xmoneyx. Not only do these vehicles have a handbrake but they also have a 'dead man' device which would have enabled one of the other staff to easily operate. This device shuts the whole vehicle down immediately. I can only imagine there was panic on board. Terrible tragedy. |
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Judging by the abuse being aimed at all the bin crews(Radio Scotland news) I think they are just protecting the driver's family
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Pretty childish and pathetic imo to watch grown men and women celebrating the death of an old women.
Goodness akabula, I didn't realise there was more than one of her. Remember though, that many many people celebrated the demise of Mussolini, Hitler etc. As for the tragedy, we are going to have to be patient as far as information is concerned, although I can't help thinking that we should have definitive answers by now to basic questions such as, how many people were in the cab? Was the driver conscious or not when the vehicle came to a halt? Conflicting reports here. Meanwhile, sad to hear on TV that people have been abusing bin lorry staff. |
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http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/glasgow-bin-lorry-crash-driver-identity-protected-1-3645006
Driver, and 2 co passengers identities protected indefinitely. Is this normal? |
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There must be dozens if not hundreds who know who the driver was, since
there has to be a fatal accident enquiry prsumably the names will have to come out. |
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^^^^^surely a freedom of information request could over turn that.
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^^^^^^ my post was in answer to rob dylan
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A new Scottish problem? Seems endemic.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/man-dies-after-being-by-bin-lorry-in-inverness-1-3648567 |
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Meanwhile, sad to hear on TV that people have been abusing bin lorry staff. Pity you weren't of that mindset when you were chucking bricks through the windows of those betting NO. |
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GET A LIFE ( ACQUIESCE ) YOU SCUMBAG.
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This is the sad gits life.
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why would you post that ?? unless you have some severe mental problems going on.
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His name will be on Twitter soon enough I would imagine.
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