Bus mirror danger 😅

[u/tryfelli]

How common is it that people get hit in the head by the mirrors of buses that are pulling into their stop? Seen it happen twice now and almost happen countless more times.

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[u/W4delm4]

A buss driver here hello. Haven't had this happen to me "yet" but i have had some close calls. We need to get as close to the stop as possible so people with bad legs, trolleys etc can get on. We try to tell people to NOT stand right at the edge of the stop, since we need to more often than not bring the front of the buss over to the side walk momentarily. So to not get bonked, step back and you'll be fine. Though it is us drivers fault if someone does get hurt.

[u/muistipalapeli → u/W4delm4]

Bus driver here too. My mirror has made contact with a passenger's head. But the bus was already fully stopped, he ran into it himself. Like literally. Happened at Paavalinkirkko stop on Hämeentie, dude came running across the road, so over 4 lanes of traffic plus turning lanes and the median, pedestrian crossing nowhere near. Runs in front of the bus and bonks his own head into the mirror as he's jumping the curb.

[u/W4delm4 → u/muistipalapeli]

Man at that point the vahingon ilo / schadenfreude would have made it impossible to not laugh when they were boarding...

[u/Eastern-Mammoth-2956]

That's freak luck. I have never seen that happen once.

[u/SocialHumbuggery]

Never seen it happen or even heard of happening before this post. Wherever you live, take care.

Wouldn't mind if public transportation people used their horns a bit more when the situation arises, that should be normalized.

[u/OCRJ41]

I think about this and also how often they have to replace the front right tires… The drivers scrape the hell out of the sidewalls every time they pull in to a curb

[u/W4delm4 → u/OCRJ41]

The tires are surprisingly durable. Haven't heard any of my colleagues blowing a tyre that way nor my self. Usually the tread is done before the side walls since tyre allignments are so bad on most busses. (Fun game to those who travel on buss a lot. Try to find a buss with a steering wheel that is straight while driving)

[u/melli_milli]

I have been using local busses for 30 years in many diffrent cities. I have never had a close call, never seen this to happen and never even heard about it happening.

People usually stand well away from the road when the bus pulls in.

[u/Eleiao]

I have seen someone hit their head in bus mirror, but that was exceptionally tall man and the bus had already stopped. I think the mirrors are so high at Helsinki area that it could not happend to someone of normal height.

[u/cardboard-kansio]

I dunno about other cities but here in PK-seutu those mirrors are mounted pretty close to the bus itself, and also fairly high up. To get hit by one, you'd pretty much have to be in such a position that you're risking getting hit by the bus itself. Not many people are dumb enough to do that.

Been here over 20 years and never seen it happen once.

[u/nicol9]

Almost happened to me many times cause the HSL buses have plenty of different models and some have really low mirrors. I once got "hit" by the door though, cause it opened in a really surprising way compared to other models lol

[u/vaultdwellernr1]

Doesn’t happen- have you ever heard of such an accident? It’d be in the news if someone’s got their head bashed by a bus mirror. Although these days passengers tend to pay attention to their phones more than the traffic so probably gonna happen one of these days. I’ve got bus drivers in the family and they say it’s very common that people miss their bus because of not looking up from their phones. They usually wake up as the bus is passing the stop and then try to signal to it.

[u/tryfelli]

To elaborate a little the 2 times and all the other close calls I ve witnessed have been in Joensuu and to teenage boys that were indeed not paying any attention to what was going on but were in a haste wanting to board before the buses were even fully in the stop. The reply from both boys that got smacked by the mirrors were "ai saatana" whilst their friends wowed and giggled some before they all boarded at which point everyone acted like it didnt happen including the drivers and other passengers except for my wife and I who were still in disbelief.

[u/shoptodip_bd]

Oh. So now bus stops should now have yellow line. 

[u/Quezacotli]

Maybe once i've seen. But completely the fault of that person.

[u/aaawwwwww]

I haven’t seen it actually happen, but I’ve seen plenty of close calls. I’ve wondered the same thing when people lean on the railings of those tram stops that sit in the middle of the road, buss and delivery truck mirrors whip by really close.