Talk:1951 Gillingham bus disaster
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A fact from 1951 Gillingham bus disaster appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 9 August 2007. |
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Im finding it hard to picture how this occurred, did the driver of the bus mow down the column of cadets in an enfilading manner? How could he possibly claim not to know what was happening, and who in their right mind would not mandate buses(any motor vehicle) to have their headlights on at night??? that's moronic even for 1950's Britain. Anon 003 16:24, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
- I suspect you'll find the lack of headlights was common in other countries too. Things we take for granted today weren't taken for granted fifty years ago - after all, we don't show lights when we walk and the majority of cyclists still don't show lights (even though it's now illegal not to), so why should we show them when we drive? That would have been the argument anyway. I don't think it's difficult to picture what happened - the column was only fifteen yards long and as the bus driver didn't see them (not that difficult to accept on a very dark night with no street lights and no headlights, I wouldn't have thought) it wouldn't have taken him long to mow down the entire column. -- Necrothesp 16:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
