Prom crash
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tangerine_neil
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Old? Drunk? Stupid?
It’s the top end as well where the traffic isn’t as bad. I’ve seen emergency vehicles travelling down the tram lanes due to the rolling roadblock that is the Golden Mile near the Tower
It’s the top end as well where the traffic isn’t as bad. I’ve seen emergency vehicles travelling down the tram lanes due to the rolling roadblock that is the Golden Mile near the Tower
Mr Tangerine Man
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Maybe he was expecting the Tram to swerve round him.
tangerine_neil
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When ‘chicken’ goes wrong
Towerpower99
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Could the tram not get out of the way….
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todayistheday
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Maybe he was hoping to see some activity in the adjacent hotel, take your eyes off the road and expect what you get.
Ageism!
JJpool
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You'll be saying it's Critchley's fault next...
Kingscoatkiwi
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Son of Allan Bradley trying to avenge his father’s death
JJpool
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If so he's just starting an everlasting loop in the family tree where each seeks revenge and loses to a 50 tonne tram.
Kingscoatkiwi
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Darwin(ism)
Lala
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Not insured apparently.Maybe they thought the trams don’t operate when the illuminations are finished.
Hopefully their insurance company won’t pay for the damage for either the car or the tram and they are made to.
No excuse for that kind of (sic) accident.
Captain Sensible
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Seeing those cars always reminds me of them all parked behind the goals at Stamford Bridge on MOTD.
JJpool
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Local apparently.
Wizzerboy
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Range rover driver so probably stupid.
Think they own the road but not, apparently, tram tracks
WIZARD OF TANGERINE
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The tram driver was texting and didn't see the car on the track.
Tangerinemoss
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Maybe everyone back off until facts known, could have been a heart attack or similar
bleach51
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Maybe my response was a stupid gut reaction so I deleted it…but you do have to wonder how they ended up on the tram track to start with.
JJpool
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According to FB chatter... local lad, medical episode, may have passed out, no MOT though so no insurance...
Charlie Gracie
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Maybe young or even middle aged?
tangerine_neil
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Might have been a medical incident. (Before the accident.)
tangerine_neil
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That was my first thought, then I realised it was the quieter end of the Prom with good visibility aheadRange rover driver so probably stupid.
Think they own the road but not, apparently, tram tracks
todayistheday
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Bring in yearly health checks and driving tests every 5 years, make the roads safer, even cyclists.
Willie Mcgrotty
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Can't believe we called them spaz mobiles & didn't think anything of it
Lytham_fy8
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Not a crash but something similar happened a couple of months ago, opposite the Metropole.
Someone broke down on the sea side of the prom, and decided the best place to leave it would be half on/ off the kerb so traffic could get past.
Unfortunately it blocked the southbound tracks and as I drove on towards Bispham there was one waiting at every stop. God knows how long that took to clear.
Someone broke down on the sea side of the prom, and decided the best place to leave it would be half on/ off the kerb so traffic could get past.
Unfortunately it blocked the southbound tracks and as I drove on towards Bispham there was one waiting at every stop. God knows how long that took to clear.
B_Side_The_C_Side
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I know the guy…PC
He has a box at Bloomfield Road, lives in St Annes and is now in critical care at the Vic…Nice guy, lovely kids….
Must have been a medical emergency…quite shocked at hearing this news
He has a box at Bloomfield Road, lives in St Annes and is now in critical care at the Vic…Nice guy, lovely kids….
Must have been a medical emergency…quite shocked at hearing this news
Curryman
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A great deal of ageism on this thread.
It would appear that younger drivers are the biggest problem.
It would appear that younger drivers are the biggest problem.
Macseasider
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Range rover driver so probably stupid.
Think they own the road but not, apparently, tram tracks
Looks like Charlie Adam's Range Rover. He wasn't trying to hitch a lift to Fleetwood was he?
Chunkylad
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Gosh. He has a box but no MOT or insurance?
Macseasider
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Didn't read this. That's awful. Hope he is going to be ok. I agree looking at the photo that it must have been either a gross malfunction or a medical issue.
Wizaard
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Serviced and refurbished down Mowbray Drive. Used to see them being tested by being driven at speed up and down there.Can't believe we called them spaz mobiles & didn't think anything of it
True story...The scheme used to be managed out of Warbreck Hill offices. I was offered a job on the team but turned it down as there was no company car provided.
Poppajoe
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That brings back many happy memories of traveling in my mates, we went all over the place
To away game, fishing and to pub
Furtherest we went was Huddersfield last game of seasons and first game attended drunk
All I ever saw was the blue roof, as I was basically laid on the floor
Captain Sensible
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I remember them as spaz chariotsCan't believe we called them spaz mobiles & didn't think anything of it
The 70s feels like another world at times.
Macseasider
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I remember them all being out on display (as if it were a car showroom) outside Warbreck site.
Lytham_fy8
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It looks a proper laugh, was almost tempted to buy one for scooting about but Mrs Lytham put a stop to my dreams.
todayistheday
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might take a while for Blackpool Transport to get any money, if any off the driver. Hope the tram driver and all passengers.are ok, the Solicitors will be circulating the road traffic victims.
Dr Hfuhruhurr
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my auntie used to have one and I used to sit in the on the floor to go down the shops with her. Think it had single steering mechanism a bit like a rudder arrangement with a throttle and a brake like a motorbike.
Edit: just watched the vid, maybe memory playing tricks
Dr Hfuhruhurr
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he should never be able to drive a tram again in that case.
B_Side_The_C_Side
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So just for an update.
The driver had a medical black out....8 broken ribs, nose, ankle but no cardiac arrest as suspected.
Recently had major heart surgery but is OK.....
The driver had a medical black out....8 broken ribs, nose, ankle but no cardiac arrest as suspected.
Recently had major heart surgery but is OK.....
Mexboroseasider
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As you aren’t automatically notified when you need an MOT, and your insurance is automatically invalidated when you drive without an MOT, I imagine a lot of people are caught out.
In fact I know for a fact they are.
Sooty59
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TBH I dropped a clanger with car insurance, I thought it was auto renewal & was quite competitive so I just left it to renew. I also ignored many emails as I thought they were just touting for business. 4 months later & after a trip to France I got a letter stating I wasn’t insured & had I stopped driving 
I realised my cock up & immediately sorted it out. Oh well I got 4 free month’s sort of.
Hope this chap recovers.
I realised my cock up & immediately sorted it out. Oh well I got 4 free month’s sort of.Hope this chap recovers.
Chunkylad
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Ah fair point!!
todayistheday
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Just had major heart surgery, maybe on medication and he thinks its ok to drive a killing machine. Get well soon.