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Photo: Joe Muscat - [email protected]

A Bendy bus hit and uprooted this electricity pole during an incident as it turned a corner in Qawra Road, Bugibba, this morning.

The bus was carrying passengers but nobody was injured.

Photo: Joe Muscat - [email protected]


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Gillian Snook

Jul 10th 2012, 16:37

..... and preferably not when I'm travelling on a bendy bus ( self preservation don't you know ! ! )

Fran Abela

Jul 10th 2012, 14:44

Speak for yourself when you say 'we dont want Arriva' - and no way do I want back the old buses and drivers !
Amazing what a lot of comments come in at any news items regarding the new bus operator. This has been going on since day one and will no doubt go on ad eternum because someone is really working overtime to try and give them a bad name. This is an accident - and thank heavens no one was injured - that is what you should be saying.

John J Borg

Jul 10th 2012, 15:24

AHHHH.....mr aquilina ...you skipped a few school lessons EHHHHH!!!

Joseph John Camilleri

Jul 10th 2012, 14:47

Sur Farrugia semmejt il-propaganda kontra l-Arriva. Veru hekk hu. Niskanta kif qatt ma ntqal xejn fuq dawk il-coaches enormi ta' kumpaniji privati, iduru bit-turisti, fihom daqs ta' l-Arriva u gholjin kkwazi zewg sulari. Dawn tajbin ghal Malta?

Mario Busuttil

Jul 10th 2012, 10:44

I agree with you Ray ,some bloggers here don't recognise what enemalta workers do and their jobs are not easy ....just moaning on everything....i would like to see these moaners do in their life ...perhaps just put blogs on TIMES !!!!!!

Peter Murray

Jul 10th 2012, 11:25

One swallow does not a summer make.Most complaints about Enemalta are justified and why no mention of the many power failures then -as these must be someone else's responsibility and fault.

sharon camilleri

Jul 10th 2012, 12:55

agree

Raymond Sacco

Jul 10th 2012, 12:57

Mr. Murray, my comment concerned Enemalta employees not Enemalta company. You cannot know what you are talking about when blaming power failures on the employees! You seem yo have no idea of the work involved in keeping and maintaining an out dated power station (Marsa) working with no spare parts available. It seems you have no idea of working in the afternoon August sun or January stormy nights in the middle of nowhere during an emergency! You seem to have no idea of all kinds of dangerous situations which the employees face! It's so easy to scribble comments about issues in which you seem to be so much uninformed. I suggest you stick to Summers and swallows!

Mario Busuttil

Jul 10th 2012, 15:15

When you work as an employee at enemalta generation ,then you will know and change your mind about the circumstances of the faults that you can face....thousands of faults could happen when electricity is gone ,as today a bus hit the pole =out of service electricity in Qawra ....Mr Murray and Sharon....

Franco Farrugia

Jul 10th 2012, 10:31

Hekk tahseb??

Fenech MD

Jul 10th 2012, 10:40

You think so?

Ask the older generation if it was better to get on the old buses or the new ones.

And what, may I ask, could the driver do in this case? Carry all the people on his back?

The buses are to blame; they are not suitable for our roads.

Chris Vella

Jul 10th 2012, 11:39

Don't blame the drivers it's the management at fault.

Re the ATP I used to drive a bus and once it broke down on a journey I simply made the passengers aboard the next coming bus which showed up in 5min to the same destination.

We used to care for what was and is still referred to as junk buses. Wonder how the low floors are still being used by Arriva if they were so junk and you can find some of the old MALTESE BUSES working in England wonder of all so junk and pass the MOT over there.

james kane

Jul 10th 2012, 12:21

hekk tahseb li ma natux kass kemm sejer zball siehbi iktar jekk jiqaflek it trakk meta tkun sejer al break wara li tkun ilek xi 5 sijat isuq u sakemm jigi mechanik isewi trakk u tasal jadilek il break u kif tasal tried terga titlaq ta xi 4 sijat ohra u inti tahseb li ax il paga dihla ahna ala bibna min nies. hadt minkom ma jsemi kemm il karozzi zghar jiparkja bladocc u li kiku tistaw idahlu il karozzi andt tal hanut u ala bibkom min nies li hemm fit trakk u mix xuffier li jried ihabel is suf min fejn ha jadi ax tal karozza telaq min go fija u tpaqpaq kemm tpaqpaq al xejn qatt ma semu meta jaqbdu jalqu triq ax xi hadt andu bzonn crane jew da zmien ta festi jinalqu toroq minajr ma nigu avzati u xuffier iried ihabat rasu u xha jamel u min fejn iried jadi dak miskom isemu mhux tmaqdru biss fuq ix xuffiera tafu bisss

Charles Muscat

Jul 10th 2012, 12:44

Mela lébda gvern ma jista jimpiega public servants kif qed tghid int.
Kullhad ihok fejn jieklu.

Mario Camilleri

Jul 10th 2012, 13:25

@James Kane,

Il-maniġment, il-karozzi, ir-rotot, il-'bus stops', l-attitudni u x-xuffiera etċ, etċ huma kollha f'pakkett wieħed, pakkett li ma kellux joffri "bużullotti aktar" anzi pakkett bit-titlu ta' "żmien il-bużullotti issa għadda" u dan kollu lilna qed jiswina €1.30 bl-irħas biljett, dejjem jekk tuża s-serviżż, għax filfatt jaqbillek tuża l-karozza privata għax tasal malajr, ma tridx taħseb minn ħafna qabel u taħli fjuwil l-istess b'kemm jiswa l-biljett. Finalment, il-poplu qed iħallas, u qed iħallas bl-għoli ta' servizz diżutli ġej minfejn hu ġej in-nuqqas.

Sentejn ilu kelli t-tifel għall-eżamijiet u f'ħafna minnhom mar b'tal-linja ta' dak iż-żmien u dejjem wasal tajjeb kif ukoll ma kellux jaħseb minn siegħat qabel, inkluż ukoll il-prezz ma kienx għoli.
Din is-sena kelli t-tifla għall-eżamijiet u kelli nieħu l-'leave' biex inwassalha. Filfatt, wieħed kien jara kemm kien hawn din-sena staġġnar tat-traffiku, għaliex il-maġġoranza kollha kellhom jużaw il-vetturi tagħhom. U dan meta SUPPOST għandna servizz adekwat min dak li kellna qabel.

Minn naħa l-oħra, jekk il-ħaddiema mintkomx tratti tajjeb, din bir-rispett kollu m'hix problema tagħna. Naħseb li jekk inti tordna xi ħaġa li għaliha ser tħallas u bit-tajjeb, naħseb li ma tatċċettax prodott mhux tajjeb!!!

Il-problema hija li din it-taqliba fis-servizz tat-trasport pubbliku saret politiċizzata tant li hawn ħafna jfaħħru s-servizz meta qatt m'użawh u qiegħed ibagħti min proprju għandu bżonnu.

James Dewar

Jul 10th 2012, 12:07

Contract?? What contract? Oh you mean Arriva biased flexible operating conditions!!

Mr Daniel Jones

Jul 10th 2012, 12:15

My god, he really got lost then if he crashed in Bugibba. No wonder there are complaints.

Clint sammut

Jul 10th 2012, 12:39

@ Mr Daniel Jones the bus was on a different route number 12 as u can see in the photo above that's from bugibba via sliema to valletta and not got lost like ur going on about

Dennis Zammit

Jul 10th 2012, 10:06

Surely not.

So instead of hitting poles on the side, they would drag down the various wires above.

Joseph M Scicluna

Jul 10th 2012, 11:03

@ Dennis Zammit

......you forgot the balconies!!!!

Charles Muscat

Jul 10th 2012, 12:46

Karettun u hmar izjet ahjar.

Fenech MD

Jul 10th 2012, 10:34

so happen. It has nothing to do with the drivers. These buses are not suitable for Maltese roads.

John Dee

Jul 10th 2012, 10:52

Fenech MD - if it was always down to the buses, then every bus along this piece of road would have hit the same pole. The buses do not "aim" themselves.
Mr Sultana is correct - "bad drivers, not bad buses"

Guza Zammit

Jul 10th 2012, 09:19

Accident... x'ghandu x'jaqsam mas servizz!!!
Nahseb zgur gost u pjacir taghha l Arriva li grala dan l accident!

Joseph John Camilleri

Jul 10th 2012, 14:54

Xbajt nisma' qrid. Ara kieku gabhom JMPL hadd ma kien jghid xejn.

Mr David Ganado

Jul 10th 2012, 09:43

There are signs all round the bus advising of its size and warning to keep your distance. If you think you are a better driver and can manage to squeeze in-between, but then get hit, you have no one else to blame but yourself.

R Axisa

Jul 10th 2012, 10:27

Skuzi Mr Ganado, jekk taf taqra sew, imkien ma ghedt jien li pruvajt niddeffes hdejn il-bendy bus li rajt iddur mar-roundabout tal-airport. Jien ghedt li RAJT wahda ddur - m'ghandix ghalfejn nistenna lilek tigi tghidli biex noqghod 'il boghod minn dawn il-bendy busses. U biex inkun ghedt kollox, inzomm 'il boghod minn kull vettura kbira fit-triq - better safe than sorry - dan il-motto tieghi fis-sewqan. U ghall-grazzja t'Alla ilni nsuq 27 sena u s'issa qatt ma kelli l-icken accident.

Franco Farrugia

Jul 10th 2012, 10:29

@ Mr Ganado: Sir, I have never even once written to criticise these new buses; however, you have to admit that they are far too big and long for our Maltese roads - fact.
Yes, I agree with you. Actually, when I drive, as soon as I see a bus (well, even a truck or large vehicle) I tend to give way because I know well enough the mentality of large-vehicle drivers. That having been said, you DO so many polite Arriva drivers, for which we should be thankful.

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