pete240z
pete240z Dork
11/11/09 10:00 p.m.

Wally? You missed this? Your Comments?

Chicago Bus Crash

mad_machine
mad_machine SuperDork
11/11/09 10:07 p.m.

that will buff right out!

Wally
Wally SuperDork
11/12/09 7:03 a.m.

The only possible cause I can think of for that accident is aliens. I found one other article that basically said the same thing. I googled the route and looking at the pics of the house on google earth the route passes perpendicular to the house meaning either the driver was northbound and turned half a block too soon, southbound and turned 90 degrees too far, or was abducted by aliens, and was set back down in the wrong spot while trying to accelerate away from the alien ship. If you look at the street view of the house the bus stop sign is just to the left of the bus meaning they went far enough off course to run through their own stop.

Supercoupe
Supercoupe Reader
11/12/09 9:40 a.m.

Oh come on Wally..you can clearly see it's a Grumman bus, the subframe probly cracked,shifting the engine and as such, pulled the throttle to the full position, and due to the sandy under construction roads caused a 360 degree spin and full throttle shot into the house....

JFX001
JFX001 Dork
11/12/09 9:45 a.m.

Was he on schedule?

nocones
nocones Reader
11/12/09 9:50 a.m.
JFX001 wrote: Was he on schedule?

She may have been. The bus driver was female.

I find it amazing that they razed the house in approximately 35 minutes after the crash. That is amazing. Crash happened late Tuesday, house demolished and gone wed. For chicago officials to do anything in that kind of response time is unfathomable, inconceivable even.

Tetzuoe
Tetzuoe Reader
11/12/09 9:53 a.m.

"oh its easy to get to, you just turn left here--" BAM!

pinchvalve
pinchvalve SuperDork
11/12/09 10:03 a.m.

Have you ever ridden on public transportation? This is easy to understand.

Woody
Woody SuperDork
11/12/09 11:10 a.m.
Wally wrote: I googled the route and looking at the pics of the house on google earth ...

I guess the driver was looking at some other site at the time.

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair SuperDork
11/12/09 11:19 a.m.
nocones wrote:
JFX001 wrote: Was he on schedule?
She may have been. The bus driver was female. I find it amazing that they razed the house in approximately 35 minutes after the crash. That is amazing. Crash happened late Tuesday, house demolished and gone wed. For chicago officials to do anything in that kind of response time is unfathomable, inconceivable even.

it will come out later that there's tons of evidence of all sorts of heinous stuff happened at that house, and the quick razing is tied to the blagdoucheovich family's involvement in said heinous stuff.

pigeon
pigeon HalfDork
11/12/09 11:40 a.m.

"But the GPS said to turn right now!"

pete240z
pete240z Dork
11/12/09 11:49 a.m.
nocones wrote: For chicago officials to do anything in that kind of response time is unfathomable, inconceivable even.

Not when Mayor Daley has an agenda.......

http://friendsofmeigs.org/

Wally
Wally SuperDork
11/12/09 2:53 p.m.
Supercoupe wrote: Oh come on Wally..you can clearly see it's a Grumman bus, the subframe probly cracked,shifting the engine and as such, pulled the throttle to the full position, and due to the sandy under construction roads caused a 360 degree spin and full throttle shot into the house....

Not all of them dropped their engines in the street, some bunt up in electrical fires. Supposedly they were all fixed up brfore they were re sold. That was our fault anyway for ordering the bus built too wide and having bumpy streets.

Appleseed
Appleseed Dork
11/12/09 7:18 p.m.

That bus driver clearly tried to PIITB!

Wally
Wally SuperDork
11/12/09 7:29 p.m.

Put it in the Basement?

It's not like they don't turn

aussiesmg
aussiesmg SuperDork
11/12/09 8:06 p.m.

I have sailed open oceans flatter than that

oldsaw
oldsaw HalfDork
11/12/09 8:09 p.m.
Wally wrote: Put it in the Basement? It's not like they don't turn

That's the "before" pic; show us the "after".

MitchellC
MitchellC HalfDork
11/12/09 9:02 p.m.
Wally wrote: Put it in the Basement? It's not like they don't turn

Note: A driver will only corner like this when the bus is packed with standing riders. See also: Running over curbs and slamming on the brakes at stops.

confuZion3
confuZion3 SuperDork
11/12/09 11:11 p.m.
pete240z wrote:
nocones wrote: For chicago officials to do anything in that kind of response time is unfathomable, inconceivable even.
Not when Mayor Daley has an agenda....... http://friendsofmeigs.org/

Listen, Mayor Daley didn't do anything wrong in closing Meigs Field. First and foremost, he wanted a damn park. That airport bothered him and he wanted it gone! Nothing was going to stop him--not even the law.

Secondly, the airport was a MAJOR security threat as it could be used as a way for Muslims to fly planes into buildings in Chicago! With the destruction of the only airport in Chicago close enough to buildings for planes to fly into, this became impossible. Crisis averted.

He's a hero who will likely go down as the man who brought honesty and diligence to Chicago politics.

[/endsarcasam]

confuZion3
confuZion3 SuperDork
11/12/09 11:12 p.m.

So, by the way it sounds, busses handle pretty dern good. Has anyone thought of autocrossing them?

SVreX
SVreX SuperDork
11/13/09 6:37 a.m.

Sure. The clown has raced them on a figure 8.

In FULL clown attire!

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