Siliconous Skumins
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« on: May 14, 2013, 04:31:53 am » |
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As per the title... From the BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-22510480 A vintage steam roller has smashed into a pub in a Dorset village.
The engine was travelling through Corfe Castle on Sunday afternoon when it struck the corner of the Bankes Arms.
Customers and staff inside the 300-year-old building reported feeling the "building shake". Damage to the pub is believed to be minor.
No-one was injured in the crash but the front of the Fowler D2 engine, which dates from the early 20th Century, was badly damaged.  Now for some reason, this bit I find amusing - well, not the event, just the way it's described... Eyewitness Angela Sturch said the engine was travelling very slowly through the narrow village streets when the accident happened.
She said the driver seemed to be trying to avoid a car which came out of a side road and then slid into the building.
"It just fell apart in front of our eyes - it had been looking lovely and it was very sad to see it collapse in pieces. Sounds almost like an action scene from the film " Speed"...  SS |
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Drew P
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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2013, 05:13:17 am » |
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Me thinks the driver really shouldn't have been driving  . 'I just couldn't stop in time,it was all of a sudden!' Like being attacked by a snail. |
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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2013, 10:10:59 am » |
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It reminds me of this scene in Austin Powers
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bicyclebuilder
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2013, 10:34:54 am » |
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I think I've seen a similair event, posted here on BG about two years ago.  |
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Madasasteamfish
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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2013, 12:37:45 pm » |
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Is it so wrong that I was immedately able to identify not only the village, but the pub as well from the first photo?
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If tha knows about a better 'ole then tha can get thi sen in it!
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bicyclebuilder
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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2013, 12:43:33 pm » |
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Is it so wrong that I was immedately able to identify not only the village, but the pub as well from the first photo?
it depends, where you the one driving the roller? |
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Madasasteamfish
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« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2013, 12:47:21 pm » |
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Is it so wrong that I was immedately able to identify not only the village, but the pub as well from the first photo?
it depends, where you the one driving the roller? I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that my answer may serve to incriminate me.  |
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akumabito
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« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2013, 01:11:40 pm » |
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I think I've seen a similair event, posted here on BG about two years ago. Iknow,right?I have thestrangestfeeling of deja-vu about this story.. |
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« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2013, 06:55:32 pm » |
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The two rollers look suspiciously alike. I do hope this isn't the same roller suffering the same accident again, you can just imagine the owners' response. Oh no, I'd just finished rebuilding it  |
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Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.
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Siliconous Skumins
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« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2013, 10:19:43 pm » |
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Maybe it's a Victorian version of a "crash for cash" type insurance scam?... If it *was* the same one, that might explain why it was described as 'falling apart' so easily. Or maybe it was a Vintage "cut & shut" - two written off rollers welded together... Hmmmm...  SS |
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Drew P
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2013, 04:15:48 am » |
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or,maybe,the driver is truly an idiot.
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bicyclebuilder
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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2013, 07:13:54 am » |
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That's the same one? How many steam rollers are still around and running?
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Clym Angus
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« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2013, 05:35:23 pm » |
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That's the same one? How many steam rollers are still around and running?
I remember being taken to Noel Hill religiously during my childhood (Steampunk in the blood!) and they had fields of these hulking monsters. With that in mind I don't think ANYONE who hasn't handled one of these beasts should be judging the driver, these are NOT normal vehicles they don't 'just' stop. You have to bring a not inconsiderable rolling tonnage to a halt whilst working out what to do with all that pressure that wants to keep it moving forward. Let us not forget the driver MISSED the car. He made the right choice, save the human. That engine would have left that cars engine block pretty flat. These machines really don't care about anyone who gets in the way. They'll pop limbs, drag you in or throw you around like a rag doll if you don't respect them. It looks bad but as long as the boiler isn't cracked or the mounts sheered, then replacements can be cast. It's unfortunate, but considering what could have happened. I'd call this a win. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2013, 07:40:25 pm » |
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If it is not a normal vehicle that doesn't stop like a regular vehicle does, then it shouldn't be on the road. And if it does, it should have had a crew around, blocking the roads. Or, as they did in the old days, have a person walk in front of it with a flag.
If I have a car that is unreliable, I get pulled over and get a ticket. I don't see why this vehicle should be any different.
Don't get me wrong, I love to see steam powered vehicles up and running, but not unexpected in traffic.
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Drew P
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« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2013, 07:52:03 pm » |
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And I would expect it to have a neutral gear.
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Madasasteamfish
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« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2013, 08:19:40 pm » |
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If it is not a normal vehicle that doesn't stop like a regular vehicle does, then it shouldn't be on the road. And if it does, it should have had a crew around, blocking the roads. Or, as they did in the old days, have a person walk in front of it with a flag.
If I have a car that is unreliable, I get pulled over and get a ticket. I don't see why this vehicle should be any different.
Don't get me wrong, I love to see steam powered vehicles up and running, but not unexpected in traffic.
Well tbh they can stop fairly quickly, but since these things don't have brakes you have to put them into reverse to slow them down. Which means the stopping distance depends a lot on the driver's reaction times and skill. And knowing the area as I do the fault is possibly more with the driver of the car than the person driving the roller as the other side of the pub is a blind bend, and quite a lot of traffic has to go through that village to avoid a narrow viaduct, which can be awkward as the aforementioned blind bend is quite a narrow stretch of road. |
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Clym Angus
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« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2013, 12:39:20 pm » |
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Well to be honest even originally you didn't tend to take out a traction engine for a "quick burn around the lanes". Still you needed to get them from place to place so you could hook up other machinery to them. It took a team of 3 people to transport these things around. One as you say to stand 50 feet in front of it with a red flag.
A lot of people truck and trailer them, but that's impractical at certain venues. Unfortunately this is the fault of the car. As petrol engines became more efficient the people who could afford a car wanted to go faster and didn't want a dude in front waving a flag. As the people who could afford a car also tended to be fairly rich and involved in politics, they fixed the law so they could.
That said with modern cars around is it really safe for a dude to be standing in the middle of the road waving a flag about?
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« Reply #18 on: May 19, 2013, 08:44:50 am » |
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To be fair, the Red Flag regulations were generally instated to protect horse-coach transport companies by ensuring that no "horseless carriage" could travel faster than a man could walk.
I'm fighting the temptation to make jokes about "rolling stops" and "crushing hangovers," but it's a heavy burden, I'll tell you what…
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