Just looked at the BBC, and its all a bit vague at the minute, but it looks like some one has made them self a cupper soup and the armed Police didnt like it?
Bad farts on a coach wouldn't be pleasent too.
Perhaps 'Dave' is about to have a bad news day, and this is todays diversion news story?
Coulda been a pot noodle.
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-18719962 ]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-18719962[/url]
very odd. Got to be more to it than some bloke 'pouring liquid into a box which started smoking'
Dave
Suspected 'mix the innocent looking liquids together and you get something explosive', as practised badly by inept terrorists everywhere.
But targetting a MegaBus.....?
[i]targetting a MegaBus[/i]
no point spending a fortune on a ticket if you're planning on doing the whole journey?
You would have to assume that the Mega Bus itself isnt the target, but London
One of those self-heating meal things? they work by pouring a liquid into the pouch and can produce a hell of a lot of smoke, if youve not used one before you might be inclined to try it indoors (or in a bus?) but its a bad idea.
Dunno but the police are jumpy, just hat about 6 cars and a helicopter, stop a van outside...Arv fellas there too!
[i]Staffordshire Police said an incident on the #M6 toll road involving a coach is not being treated as a counter-terrorism operation.[/i]
so the making a hot meal on the bus theory gains credibility.
Possible connection to the other arrests this morning?
[i]Possible connection to the other arrests this morning? [/i]
they said not, earlier.
Wonder if someone was using one of those electronic ciggy things?
Brazilian plumbers at it again?
Police & emergency services training exercise for the Olympics.
Would've been cancelled if it had been raining.
At least, that's what always happens to my office fire drills.
I think they're just clamping down on smoking on public transport.
Would've been cancelled if it had been raining.
At least, that's what always happens to my office fire drills.
Well durrrr.... because the rain would put the fire out wouldn't it.
😉
Could this be the biggest pot noodle emergency evva ? 😀
defo pot noodle/brew scenario. A panicky old bint jumped the gun and now plod with no sense have made people sit around on tarmac for hours.
Uh oh, you said 'gun'...expect armed Police response any time soon.
Bit early in the day for pot noodle? though possible if hung over.
I'm going for one of those instant porridge pots.
"Following an initial assessment, we can confirm that no-one has been injured and that there is no danger to passengers at the scene or any other travellers who were on the motorway at that time."We are also not treating anyone as a suspect."
Potnoodletastic over reaction then.
[i]Staffordshire Police have said the security alert aboard a coach at the #M6 toll was caused by a "health improvement aid for smokers".[/i]
oops.
Megabus attracts wierdos and people with personal hygene issues, FACT.
Travelled from Portsmouth to London on it early one morning. 2 blokes got on and started eating chinese food (hot), they were Chinese, but its just not on. My stomach was well put out. Nom nom nom.
Staffordshire Police have said the security alert aboard a coach at the #M6 toll was caused by a "health improvement aid for smokers".
an electric fag then?
Yes, but it was an e-fag OF DOOM!
Pot noodle in the clear.
It wasnt a bus as buses are used on stage carrige work, it was a three axle, Volvo coach, with free wifi, toilet and probably leather wipe clean seats.
Mega bus is the trade name give to Stagecoach express coach inter city services. 😯
But what a fantastic turnout by the emergency services, great to see them so well trained and capable.
They didnt know what to expect, but turned out, and did a fantastic job,well done all those people.
What project said.
Emergency services all turned up not knowing what they would find. Could easily have been explosives, chemicals or some other dangerous substance; and no idea if there would be dangerous people on the scene.
Hats off to all of them.
Will they be sending the probably now 'ex' ex-smoker the bill?
Emergency services all turned up not knowing what they would find. Could easily have been explosives, chemicals or some other dangerous substance; and no idea if there would be dangerous people on the scene.
Yup could have been porridge, pot noodle, cuppa soup, anything!
£5 says it was a daily mail reader that told the driver and the ex-smoker has a tan.
How do you put one of those things out?
"is confused"
Dumbed down 🙁 I thought it was a moped 😉
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The road? The road? Where's the friggin' road? I hate it when people can only be arsed to do half the job....
I have to say the sky looks a bit green in that part of the world too. 🙁
Could easily have been explosives, chemicals or some other dangerous substance
yeah, right
How many hours was the m6 shut for?
Lots of standing around being done I see ..
Typical .
Perhaps its on the way to London ?
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If it was explosives on the bus, I'd have been a bit concerned by the minimal distance of the passengers from the coach. Not very good protection from the fragmentation danger,
It's a human shield for the toll booths...££££££££££££££££££££££3
mattbee - MemberWonder if someone was using one of those electronic ciggy things?
Woo, mysticmattbee! Next time they'll call you first.
Have to admit I'm not understanding how this happens. Someone reports something they think is suspicious, fine. Bus driver stops and evacuates everyone off bus, fine. But at some point does the person not say "Look, FFS, it's one of those electronic ciggy things?" and show it to everyone?
But at some point does the person not say "Look, FFS, it's one of those electronic ciggy things?" and show it to everyone?
the emergency services have to be careful, and anyway it was a nice day to test the preparedness and resilience of the emergency services.
It's utter tripe, typical modern reaction based on protocols, once the 'procedure' has been put into action no-one feels empowered to just stop it. I'm sure right at the start someone said, look, it's me, it's just a fake ciggie.
expect more and more and more of it, it generates loads of work and new teams, it's rife where I work....
project - Memberthe emergency services have to be careful,
Not talking about them. If I was involved there'd have been a conversation like this, after everyone got off the bus.
"Right. Who said there's a smoking bag? You. Whose bag is smoking? His. OK, you, why is your bag smoking? It's one of those electronic ciggy things? Show me? OK, ****'s sake, everyone back on the bus. Except the guy who started it, he's walking"
It's a bit like the time we found an unattended briefcase in the bank I used to work in, and everyone was like ZOMG BOMB and I was all like, whose briefcase is this??? and this guy said it was totally his, and it totally was.
It's a bit like the time we found an unattended briefcase in the bank I used to work in, and everyone was like ZOMG BOMB and I was all like, whose briefcase is this??? and this guy said it was totally his, and it totally was.
That is just like, totally AWESOME, dude.
Northwind ITS A COACH, NOT A BUS, MEGABUS IS THE TRADING NAME OF STAGECOACH.
Probably the driver phoned his control office, who phones the police, and they phoned everyone else, and its a week before the aniversary of the bombs in london.
If i was the coach driver, i would have stopped the coach applied the handbrake and run very fast.
Well as I say, after I evacuated the charabanc- which might envolve running very fast- I would have above conversation, then remount the steam horse.
According to the papers a woman passenger phoned the police and reported it, they then got stagecoach control to tell the driver where to stop and not to let passengers off.
So not much to do with the driver,he just obeyed orders from control and the police.
Overactive imagination and over reaction by the lady in question, but one thing is for sure lots of free advertising for Stagecoach MegaBUS
Probably the driver phoned his control office, who phones the police, and they phoned everyone else.
No. It was a passenger who contacted the police - they didn't bother telling the coach driver.
Perhaps they thought that it would cause too much delay and immediate action was needed to close the motorway, call armed units, the fire brigade, the ambulance service, the RAF, and possibly the UN Security Council, rather than waste time asking a question which could have cleared up the issue in about 10 seconds.
Well put ernie
The lady passenger just probably just had her advances towards said gentleman rebuffed.
Or it could just be a case of yer bog standard Mk.1 Dim Bint.