Duck Tour Boats

[emmie]

are being used to transport people left stranded by the flooding, surely after one caught fire recently they shouldn't be used.

[Maydup]

One caught fire, but i imagine the rest are welcome rescue vehicles under the circumstances.

[sherrardk]

Maybe they are better than nothing? Cars and other vehicles catch fire all the time although their are obviously less duck tour boats than other vehicles.

[sherrardk]

There ^ (doh)

[decmangan]

Would that apply to anything that has ever caught on fire then!

[237SJ]

So one caught fire. Just one. What do you suggest as an alternative?

[Peter Pedant]

I would have thought the propensity to burst into flame
would allow people to know where they were - sort of smoke signals like ...

[sherrardk]

On the plus side, plenty of water to put out any potential fire.

[emmie]

seeing one on fire in the Thames recently i wouldn't fancy my chances.
surely we have emergency services that can do better than this.

[emmie]

not the first time they have caught fire, their safety record leaves a lot to be desired.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342226/Tourist-terror-amphibious-duck-bus-carrying-31-people-sinks-Liverpools-Albert-Dock-SECOND-time-months.html

[Zacs-Master]

I believe the emergency services were quite stretched at the time.

[sherrardk]

People are pitching in, doing their bit, spirit of the blitz and all that. The emergency services have got to be stretched pretty thin at the moment.

[237SJ]

So, if your house was flooded and the powers that be told you that they were coming to rescue very soon via a Duck Tour boat- would you refuse their services because one caught fire on the Thames a while ago?

[jno]

I heard a plane crashed once, so better not try airlifting them to safety?

[Maydup]

Given the option of that or swimming in the sewage filled water, I'd take my chance on one.

[emmie]

RNLI, army, fire brigade, and i know they are pretty stretched, but i wouldn't trust my life to one of these vessels,

[vulcan42]

I'm afraid the spirit that prevailed in 1940 has long left the country.

[237SJ]

Funny - I was just going to say what jno said - I am going on holiday tomorrow but I have heard that a plane crashed once - maybe I shouldn`t go.

[emmie]

as i have pointed out, if you care to ignore it fine, more than one, and if people had been burned to death, or drowned would that make it less acceptable.

[sherrardk]

Emmie, never go in an Astra then - we had one that caught fire. Oh, and houses, they are buggers for catching fire too. And fire engines and ambulances crash all the time and police cars. We're all doomed!

[Maydup]

Shall we do a risk assessment?