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I get that, but it's a tight roundabout, always very busy, and with poor sightlines over who's entering the roundabout (in particular from the entrance/exit onto the forecourt of the terrace that the bus just smashed into).
Meaning that even driving a car not a bus it would always be dangerous to approach that roundabout at more than a few mph. You would expect buses to be more cautious.
Oh, I completely agree with all of that. It's entirely possible that the bus driver was speeding (and perhaps, as no passengers were on board, out of service like the W7 in 2001), and we don't really know what happened apart from the mention that they collided with a car before hitting the building. I hope there'll be a fuller description at some point, or some video. As ever, risky behaviour 'works' 99% of the time, and then it doesn't.
I'm just speculating, as I think it's possible that the bus driver was cut off by the car driver. I also think the roundabout should be replaced with a signalised junction.
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I get that, but it's a tight roundabout, always very busy, and with poor sightlines over who's entering the roundabout (in particular from the entrance/exit onto the forecourt of the terrace that the bus just smashed into).
Meaning that even driving a car not a bus it would always be dangerous to approach that roundabout at more than a few mph. You would expect buses to be more cautious.
Agree that out of service buses are always hooning it dangerously fast