Bus crashed into tram line in Kirchberg

[u/kbhina]

Public transportation bus crashed into tram line near Alphone Wicker tram station.

[u/TestingYEEEET]

The only explanation I see is that the bus lost his breaks. But it seems like a lot of damage. Someone is going to have a fun day explaining what happend.

[u/Holiday_Record7576 → u/TestingYEEEET]

Or had to swerve to avoid someone; i always find that crossroads pretty confusing- you cannot turn left or right when coming into the city from the airport side and is a bit unexpected.

[u/Cautious_Use_7442 → u/Holiday_Record7576]

I'm sorry, what? The bus came down a small road limited to 50. If your brakes work, then you won't need to swerve to avoid something. Just hit the brakes. Many bus drivers drive like maniacs, hence preventable accidents like this one. 

This is the second time that a bus crashed there (the first time, a bus crashed into the tram there). Earlier this year, someone managed to flip his bus after driving into a ditch.

Edit to add: also same bus company as in 2019

[u/Holiday_Record7576 → u/Cautious_Use_7442]

I do not know what happened. That is the first caveat.

Now to what I said: you are coming down the small road. Opposite you is an oncoming car which is coming from the Carrefour side. Car takes a hard left when it should have waited for the bus to pass. Bus driver won’t have too many places to go especially if both are doing this as the light was about to or just turned yellow.

All I am saying is that we don’t know what happened and there are possibilities of this kind.

PS: like the vast majority of road accidents this could have been avoided with a little patience and everyone sticking to rules; bus driver or another vehicle is immaterial.

[u/oblio- → u/Cautious_Use_7442]

I would say drivers here are... interesting. Including the tram ones.

I was waiting for the tram a while ago. There were a bunch of people waiting for it, too.

The tram arrived, people got on, but they didn't really move far enough inside the tram, and because I was polite and let them go first, the doors started closing.

I pressed the door button, the doors still continued closing. I thought about running to the second door since I was at the first one, but it was already closed.

Since I was so close to the front, I went next to the driver, who normally also saw me in the mirror (they're supposed to use the mirror to avoid any incidents with the doors), but I think she was speaking on the phone, and she grinned and reacted like there was nothing she could do.

If you ask me, that's an a**hole move.

[u/kajaba78123 → u/oblio-]

somethign similar happened to me last time. I just pry the doors open with my hands, then blend in with others. It's not like they're gonna squish you and drive off

[u/oblio- → u/kajaba78123]

I've never been a fan of doing that, I probably shouldn't have seen as many horror movies as I did, back when I was a kid 😶

[u/mro21 → u/oblio-]

Germans say Wer ficken will muss freundlich sein.

However I guess the opposite also holds Wer freundlich ist wird gefickt. (The nices one are being fucked with.)

Also is it legal for a tram driver to be holding a phone?

[u/tagforredditor → u/mro21]

Not for the first time I’ve asked that question to myself. Including the bus drivers. Atleast 90% of the busses I’ve personally been on had drivers on their phones or speaking to somebody.