 Poster: A snowHead
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The London Evening Standard reports that a bus and lorry collided yeaterday on an icy road, killing 24 people and injuring 15. The accident happened at 2am near the town of Aanekoski, 200 miles north of Helsinki. The bus was on its way to northern Lapland for a skiing trip.
Just brings to mind how safe are the coaches used to transfer skiers to the slopes in the alps. I am sure taht they and their drivers are subject to the normal stringent testing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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joseph, I'm sure you are probably right but accidents do happen especially on icy roads at 2am, it happens that I too get concerned about coach transfers on mountain roads so I take the train instead.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| joseph wrote: |
Just brings to mind how safe are the coaches used to transfer skiers to the slopes in the alps. I am sure taht they and their drivers are subject to the normal stringent testing. |
In fairness, while the Welsh Windbag, Neil Kinnock was blustering about how coach safety needed long, slow, careful and categorical consideration the UK tour operators were instrumental in forcing foreign bus companies to improve standards, get rid off old, unsafe buses, fit seatbelts etc.
Coach travel is probably safer than going by car and drivers are strictly controlled within Europe for hours and safety.
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| davidof wrote: |
Coach travel is probably safer than going by car and drivers are strictly controlled within Europe for hours and safety. |
Not a bad thing either, especially when you consider some of teh narrow winding roads that lead to certain ski resorts
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ummmm - Mr B disappeared rapidly down to the front of the coach on the transfer back to the airport from Scheffau a couple of years ago – to wake the driver up 
Apparantly he'd been working a long day. Lots of transfers. Poor thing.
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| Michelle wrote: |
Ummmm - Mr B disappeared rapidly down to the front of the coach on the transfer back to the airport from Scheffau a couple of years ago – to wake the driver up :shock:
Apparantly he'd been working a long day. Lots of transfers. Poor thing. |
Austria... nuff said.
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Some of the coaches are driven very badly. I was being sent mad last night driving home by the same handful of Scandanavian and Czech coaches which were flagrantly ignoring the speed limits in the many tunnels. There's been enough accidents in tunnels for it to be quite obvious why there are limits.
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Yes but that won't stop the idiots with not enough brain cells 
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I hold an HGV license, (bully for me!) and without exception have found the standard of driving on european ski transfers to be very professional. Each coach could do with a few less seats on board to reduce overcrowding. Same goes in-resort ski buses. Crammed full of skiiers, carrying sharp metal objects, up and down hills on snow and ice. Never seen or heard of an incident that was the drivers fault.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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thats good to hear from someone who knows
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Frosty the Snowman, Aren't seatbelts compulsory yet in coaches?
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PG, I think New EU legislation states that seatbelts on coaches must be worn if fitted, and all coaches must be so fitted within the next 5 years. One of the exception is on school bus runs (how daft is that). on our transfer in Jan (lyon - Courchevel) There was an annncement that we had, by law, to wear tha supplied belts.
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You know it makes sense.
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The explanation given by the various bus companies I have used over the years is that any coach made from three years ago and into the future has to have belts, but apart from the front seats and one by the toilet, they only have to be worn at the discretion of the traveller. Older busses do not as yet need to be converted, but should have belts in the front seats again.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I took a coach transfer (might have been Stansted/Victoria, can't be sure) a year or two back. There were belts fitted, and I'm pretty sure I was the only person to wear one. Do people feel foolish putting them on, or is there a false sense of security, or some other reason?
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Poster: A snowHead
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I thought that it was compulsory for seat belts to be worn in coaches in Germany - certainly a couple of years ago the English coach drivers made it clear that the police often made spot checks. It's a sod though when you're trying to sleep with a tight belt 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ahh Tony but it would hurt more if you had a crash whilst asleep and the belt wasn't tight ! Assuming of course that the belt does not ensure you're a fatality by holding you in place in the way of something sharp. Much less likely than being thrown out of the window and under the buss 
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