Liverpool bomb incident 14/11/21

[krtek a houby]

Umm....

Twas a reply merely stating that all speculation is as valid or invalid as the next.

Did not literally agree or disagree on what faction of arseholes are behind it.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Telegraph are reporting a police source confirming that the bomber was from the Middle East, was not on a MI5 watch list and that the terror alert level is about to be raised. Looks to me that the delay is due to the secret services needing some time to get its story straight…

Source:

 

[cupid_stunt]

I doubt it's anti-vaxxers, surely they would target a mass vaccination centre rather than a women's hospital?

Although, OTOH they are thick cunts.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

Twas a reply merely stating that all speculation is as valid or invalid as the next.

Did not literally agree or disagree on what faction of arseholes are behind it.

Oh give it a rest

 

[Mrs Miggins]

If I had an idea that there was about to be an explosion in the car and I couldn’t get out, a hospital’s probably the first place I’d head for.

Yeah fair point....I just thought that there would be a lot of people there already so not the best place to head.

 

[keybored]

As an aside thought, not that I ever expect to be in a situation where a taxi driver felt necessary to lock me in, but interesting to know they can do that.

I've been able to do that in every car I've owned since the late 90s and I'm not even a cabbie.

 

[TopCat]

Using a water fire extinguisher. 1/10

 

[krtek a houby]

Oh give it a rest

Anyway, hope your wishes come true and you can say told you so etc etc.

Because that's so much more important than what went down.

 

[Spymaster]

I've been able to do that in every car I've owned since the late 90s and I'm not even a cabbie.

Really?

You can lock the doors centrally but passengers can still get out using the handles, no?

 

[keybored]

Really?

You can lock the doors centrally but passengers can still get out using the handles, no?

No, they can't do that if you deadlock the car. Press lock button twice on the fob to remote deadlock (or on the Passat I have now it's just once to deadlock, twice to lock normally).

This stops thieves being able to open any of the doors.

 

[krtek a houby]

Jesus, aren't flying cars/cabs in the pipeline?

 

[mauvais]

You can deadlock a lot of cars, including this one (a Ford Focus estate), with a double press of the fob. Then it can't be opened from inside.

It's irrelevant though because this car was basically still moving when it blew up.

 

[two sheds]

Isn't it a tad dangerous having car doors you can't open from inside if there's a crash?

 

[magneze]

It's more dangerous to have an inviting handle for children to pull at which dumps them in the road.

 

[keybored]

Isn't it a tad dangerous having car doors you can't open from inside if there's a crash?

I don't think you can deadlock the car if it's being driven.

 

[two sheds]

or stopped again after a crash? Would need to distinguish between that and ordinary stop.

 

[bluescreen]

ISTR that black cab doors lock automatically when they start moving. Presumably not the driver's door, though.

Always the possibility that there was a specific personal target for the IED.

 

[keybored]

or stopped again after a crash? Would need to distinguish between that and ordinary stop.

Impact sensors automatically unlock the car in the event of a crash (so emergency services can get to you faster).

 

[two sheds]

ta they didn't have space aged gadgets like this last time I owned a car

 

[Aladdin]

I do find it a little odd that if the cab driver wanted to divert a bomber from a remembrance ceremony he decided that it would be a good idea to pull up at a hospital.....but who knows.

Maybe he knew he would need a hospital?

Eta correction.
The destination was the hospital


Very brave driver. He is lucky to be alive

 

[keybored]

Just watched the video. I'm amazed that cabbie escaped with his life. "Lucky" seems the wrong word because what's lucky about picking up a terrorist and getting your ears blown out and your livelihood destroyed?

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[T & P]

Just watched the video. I'm amazed that cabbie escaped with his life. "Lucky" seems the wrong word because what's lucky about picking up a terrorist and getting your ears blown out and your livelihood destroyed?

At the very least he will never have to buy a pint again in Liverpool for the rest of his life. I am also pretty sure that one way of another, if his insurance doesn't cover terrorist acts the cost of acquiring a new one will be provided by other means somehow.

 

[Pickman's model]

At the very least he will never have to buy a pint again in Liverpool for the rest of his life. I am also pretty sure that one way of another, if his insurance doesn't cover terrorist acts the cost of acquiring a new one will be provided by other means somehow.

let's hope the largesse will extend to shorts as well

 

[Spymaster]

At the very least he will never have to buy a pint again in Liverpool for the rest of his life. I am also pretty sure that one way of another, if his insurance doesn't cover terrorist acts the cost of acquiring a new one will be provided by other means somehow.

He'll also be one of very few cabbies in the country who have a genuinely non-boring story to tell future passengers.

 

[Pickman's model]

He'll also be one of the very few cabbies in the country who'll have a genuinely non-boring story to tell future passengers.

i'd have thought most cabbies who'd had you in the back would have an interesting tale to tell

 

[two sheds]

At the very least he will never have to buy a pint again in Liverpool for the rest of his life.

"Pint please, barman" "that'll be four pounds please" "pardon?"


sorry

 

[Peter Painter]

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[andysays]

let's hope the largesse will extend to shorts as well

I'd be amazed if he doesn't need a new pair of shorts after everything he's been through, TBH

 

[Sue]

"Pint please, barman" "that'll be four pounds please" "pardon?"

I'd be like that too if it was four quid for a pint...