Is it safe to travel by bus in broad daylight?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243588/Shocking-moment-London-bus-passenger-strangled-scarf-passes-unprovoked-attack.html

Dare I say it again?

What is this......................?

And no it did not happen in my day.

[Kromovaracun]

Yes, it's safe to travel by bus in broad daylight.

Of course, this vicious attack is a horrible and bizarre case, and the victim very likely doesn't feel like it's safe. And the attacker, IMO, will very likely try something like it again if he's not caught.

But statistically your chances of making it through your next daytime bus journey without being attacked are borderline certain - just as they were before this happened.

[rojash]

No, you should only travel by bus in the dark of night.

[boxtops]

This is a one-off, I travel by bus every day!

[emmie]

it might be safe, but i have witnessed some truly horrible behaviour by bus passengers, anti social and quite honestly if you don't have to use the buses, then you would be better off. Mind you some of the bus staff leave a lot to be desired.

[ChuckFickens]

Yes, they killed people rather than just rendered them unconscious years ago.

http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_events/busmurder.php

[emmie]

boxy, do you live, work in the capital...

[jackthehat]

<He's not going to be happy, you know.....>

[sp1814]

I've travelled by bus in London for 40 years.

I have seen drunken revelling, I've seen arguments and fights (on including me), I've seen a woman lose her shoe whilst getting off and I've seen an entire top desk terrorised by a pigeon.

I may one day see a terrorist attack. I may one day see someone stabbed, murdered, robbed or die from natural causes.

It is, however, safe to travel by bus...

In the same way that it's safe to take a bath at home, despite the number of people who die as a result each year (21 last year according to the Dept of Trade and Industry: http://www.humanics-es.com/burns.pdf).

[boxtops]

no em, I don't

[anotheoldgit]

triggerhippy

/// So, no strangulations or buses in the 50's? ///

/// John Reginald Haliday Christie, an ex-special constable, was a sex killer and psychopath. He gained his sexual gratification through rape, murder, and necrophilia. He would make his victims unconscious, and then strangle them while performing necrophilia. He actually admitted strangling one of his victims during intercourse. Although, baby Geraldine Evans was clearly disposed of as a screaming baby, who, without a mother would arouse suspicion. In the 1940s and 1950s this man killed at least five prostitutes, his wife, a female lodger and her baby daughter. He also kept a collection of clipped pubic hairs, some of which did not match any of his known victims. Christie was not a popular man, seemingly respectable but not liked. As a teenager he had been nicknamed "Reggie No Dick" because of his sexual
inadequacy ///

Blimey all that on a bus in broad daylight, I always thought it took place in 10 Rillington Place between 1943 and 1953.

[emmie]

sp, i have witnessed any number of fights, two women who lamped one another because one wanted to get off the bus first, then there are the drunks, the lowlifes shooting up their drugs and yes in broad daylight, and of course the bastards who get on for free because they badger the driver until he/she gives in. Bring back the bus conductors, they can sort this out in a trice.

[ummmm]

You keep saying that things didn't happen in your day when clearly they did.

[emmie]

you should try it, bundle of laughs, well not so much really. Packed buses makes even the most even tempered people somewhat ratty.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// In the same way that it's safe to take a bath at home, despite the number of people who die as a result each year (21 last year according to the Dept of Trade and Industry: http://www.humanics-es.com/burns.pdf).///

And that doesn't include the 'Brides in the Bath'.

[sp1814]

AOG

If I were a bride, I would be cautious of taking a bath in Bath.

That's literally asking for trouble.

[Old_Geezer]

The trouble with public transport tends to be the public. Most folk are fine, but you only need to get someone who isn't from time to time to put you off.

[sp1814]

em10

I think you've hit on something that I can't verify, but suspect is true - people are generally getting ruder on public transport. We have all become extremely insulated and it seems that tempers now flare up a lot quicker than in the past.

The assualt raised by AOG is extreme, and without knowing any more details, my guess is that the bloke must've been 'on something'. However, what I've noticed on buses and tubes is that we cocoon ourselves in our own little worlds.

We watch films on their iPads, listen to music on their mp3 players and read books on their Kindles - all of which prevents us from interacting with our fellow travellers.