Electronic cigarette on bus terror alert
Jul 5, 2012 | 2:23 pm
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Electronic cigarette on bus terror alert
Police shut down a stretch of the M6 motorway when someone on a Megabus got panicked by some smoke and reported strange goings on - smoke and liquids.
The horror. The horror!
"Given the nature of the report we responded swiftly and proportionately, treating the information as credible and extremely seriously. Our utmost priority was the safety and security of those people on the coach and those travelling on the motorway."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...?newsfeed=true
The horror. The horror!
"Given the nature of the report we responded swiftly and proportionately, treating the information as credible and extremely seriously. Our utmost priority was the safety and security of those people on the coach and those travelling on the motorway."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...?newsfeed=true
Jul 9, 2012 | 9:06 am
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if you ever have been on a moving bus before or had any imagination whatsoever, it is not unconscionable to think that a passenger could be acting suspiciously, maybe even belligerant if asked to stop. Those busses are often double deckers. The ventilation is such that air would recirculate within the cabin, not pass freely through any vents. if they were all subjected to unexplained strange smokes and smells, darn right there would be a lot of emergency calls! especially in a country where the public transportation system had already been successfully targeted before.
"smoking aids" my foot! If a passenger had a legal medically prescribed aid, the driver should know about it, and sequestered the rider so as not to put any other passengers in inconvenience, nor in harm's way. Those medical devices have noxious fumes and if someone absolutely needs that kind of attention, let them rent a private coach or taxi and not succumb the rest of us to smoke and terrible smells - especially as it was done in a manner to obviously try to circumvent the passenger etiquette rules, the passenger probably looked like he had devious intentions or no regard for society.
if you ever have been on a moving bus before or had any imagination whatsoever, it is not unconscionable to think that a passenger could be acting suspiciously, maybe even belligerant if asked to stop. Those busses are often double deckers. The ventilation is such that air would recirculate within the cabin, not pass freely through any vents. if they were all subjected to unexplained strange smokes and smells, darn right there would be a lot of emergency calls! especially in a country where the public transportation system had already been successfully targeted before.
"smoking aids" my foot! If a passenger had a legal medically prescribed aid, the driver should know about it, and sequestered the rider so as not to put any other passengers in inconvenience, nor in harm's way. Those medical devices have noxious fumes and if someone absolutely needs that kind of attention, let them rent a private coach or taxi and not succumb the rest of us to smoke and terrible smells - especially as it was done in a manner to obviously try to circumvent the passenger etiquette rules, the passenger probably looked like he had devious intentions or no regard for society.
Last edited by squeakr; Jul 9, 2012 at 11:59 am Reason: rudeness
Jul 9, 2012 | 10:33 am
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QUOTE OF RUDE COMMENT DELETED BY MODERATOR
if you ever have been on a moving bus before or had any imagination whatsoever, it is not unconscionable to think that a passenger could be acting suspiciously, maybe even belligerant if asked to stop. Those busses are often double deckers. The ventilation is such that air would recirculate within the cabin, not pass freely through any vents. if they were all subjected to unexplained strange smokes and smells, darn right there would be a lot of emergency calls! especially in a country where the public transportation system had already been successfully targeted before.
"smoking aids" my foot! If a passenger had a legal medically prescribed aid, the driver should know about it, and sequestered the rider so as not to put any other passengers in inconvenience, nor in harm's way. Those medical devices have noxious fumes and if someone absolutely needs that kind of attention, let them rent a private coach or taxi and not succumb the rest of us to smoke and terrible smells - especially as it was done in a manner to obviously try to circumvent the passenger etiquette rules, the passenger probably looked like he had devious intentions or no regard for society.
if you ever have been on a moving bus before or had any imagination whatsoever, it is not unconscionable to think that a passenger could be acting suspiciously, maybe even belligerant if asked to stop. Those busses are often double deckers. The ventilation is such that air would recirculate within the cabin, not pass freely through any vents. if they were all subjected to unexplained strange smokes and smells, darn right there would be a lot of emergency calls! especially in a country where the public transportation system had already been successfully targeted before.
"smoking aids" my foot! If a passenger had a legal medically prescribed aid, the driver should know about it, and sequestered the rider so as not to put any other passengers in inconvenience, nor in harm's way. Those medical devices have noxious fumes and if someone absolutely needs that kind of attention, let them rent a private coach or taxi and not succumb the rest of us to smoke and terrible smells - especially as it was done in a manner to obviously try to circumvent the passenger etiquette rules, the passenger probably looked like he had devious intentions or no regard for society.
As the story points out the bus was not a double-decker, basic electronic stop-smoking aids that do not emit "noxious fumes" are available over the counter in Britain and many other countries, and the security services response (closing a major freeway for seven hours, deploying dozens of army, police and paramedic units including hazmat decontamination tents, and removing passengers one by one at the point of a gun and then making them squat on the tarmac) - all because someone called the police on a brown passenger with a small wisp of smoke - appeared excessive.
Last edited by squeakr; Jul 9, 2012 at 11:59 am Reason: rude
Jul 10, 2012 | 2:39 pm
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Electronic cigarettes do not emit noxious vapours. They emit water vapour, which can look like smoke. The vapour they emit has a slight smell, that is only discernible at very close range. I know, because my husband uses them.
E-cigs are freely available in the UK and they can also be bought on line. There is no need for anyone to be notified that a person is using them.
E-cigs are freely available in the UK and they can also be bought on line. There is no need for anyone to be notified that a person is using them.
Sep 27, 2012 | 4:50 am
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Hi! Once I was listening to the news and I came to know that after receiving an emergency call describing vapor coming from the luggage of a man traveling on a cross-country passenger bus, a reported 25 police cars, 13 fire engines, 4 ambulances and 2 army bomb disposal teams were sent to intercept the London-bound vehicle. And the cause of the drama? An electronic cigarette. 