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Who the heck would agree to this?
#257176 - 06/13/11 04:46 AM
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Re: Who the heck would agree to this?
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#257178 - 06/13/11 05:12 AM
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> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national..._compartme.html
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> Seriously...
Off the top of my head...
1. No other bus available and someone who is really desperate to get where they're going
2. Someone who's broke and desperate and the bus company let them do it free or nearly free
3. Dumb-ass college kids who agree to do it just for kicks
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Re: Who the heck would agree to this?
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#257179 - 06/13/11 05:14 AM
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...or you can wait 12 hours for the morning bus, you can't wait in here though.
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Um, who cares? Let 'em ride.....
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#257329 - 06/14/11 12:17 PM
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Would I do it if necessary? Sure.
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Consider it high comedy....sincere tragedy....whatever...don't take it personally.
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& What if....
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#257331 - 06/14/11 12:27 PM
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> Would I do it if necessary? Sure.
What if one of them gets stupid... er, more stupid and open the door when the bus is moving and they fall out, perhaps getting rolled up in the wheels?
Or what if gets too hot and they pass out, then someone forgets (anyway) that they're (still) in there? Mmm. Roasted stowaway anyone?
Then again, this statement still holds true.... Or a very good idea anyway.
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It's our society's obsession with safety - railings, warning signs, safety scissors, seatbelt laws. Get rid of all that stuff, and the gene pool will clean itself right up.
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Re: & What if....
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#257346 - 06/14/11 04:26 PM
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>It's our society's obsession with safety
No Shit! It's because a bunch of blood sucking lawyers run this country, and set the rules up so its lucritive to sue everybody for everything.
If some shlub is so desperate to get where he's going, he wan't to risk his own life to ride under or ON TOP of the bus, like they do in so many other countries, that's HIS CHOICE.
Our govermental lawyers are so far up everyone's ass, a little old lady with a cane fell on my perfectly smooth professionally installed unobstructed floor... not because I pushed her, or because I negligently left a roller skate on the floor, but just because she's a little old lady living in Earth's gravity... and sure as fuck the bitch sued me. She didn't win, but she sure cost me a bunch of money telling her to go fuck herself and her unstable balance.
We are sooooo far away from people being responsible for themselves, that people aren't even responsible for the laws of physics they have to abide by. It's stupid.
Ride your motorcycle without a helmet, forget your lapbelt, ride on top of a damn bus if you like, it's your life. So long as your drunk ass doesn't cross the centerline and interfere with MY life, I don't see the need for me to get my government and lawyers all up in your business.
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Re: Um, who cares? Let 'em ride.....
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#257368 - 06/14/11 07:03 PM
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> Would I do it if necessary? Sure.
Thinking more about it... The biggest problem is that if the bus crashes, you're pretty much dead. Other than that, though... The article said something about a mattress in the luggage area, so there was a comfortable place to sit/lay. The engine on a bus like that is up at the back, so heat and engine noise aren't going to be a problem. Assuming the ambient temperature isn't too high, it's probably not much worse than inside the bus.
Plenty of room, nice and dark, comfy place to lay, a little road noise, I could sleep like a baby on a trip like that. Compared to being jammed in a tiny, uncomfortable bus seat with a sleeping stranger drooling on your shoulder, it sounds like a reasonable risk to me.
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Re: Um, who cares? Let 'em ride.....
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#257451 - 06/15/11 10:19 AM
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> > Would I do it if necessary? Sure.
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> Thinking more about it... The biggest problem is that if the bus crashes, you're
> pretty much dead. Other than that, though... The article said something about a
> mattress in the luggage area, so there was a comfortable place to sit/lay. The engine
> on a bus like that is up at the back, so heat and engine noise aren't going to be a
> problem. Assuming the ambient temperature isn't too high, it's probably not much
> worse than inside the bus.
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> Plenty of room, nice and dark, comfy place to lay, a little road noise, I could sleep
> like a baby on a trip like that. Compared to being jammed in a tiny, uncomfortable
> bus seat with a sleeping stranger drooling on your shoulder, it sounds like a
> reasonable risk to me.
A bus masses quite a bit. Unless it crashes into something to dead stop, or/and rolls several times or more, you're probably going to have some bruises at most. Unless there's luggage in the space....but still might not be that bad.
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