(12 Sep 2024, 1:59 pm)morritt89 wrote There's a video doing the rounds  on Facebook which shows a bus at a 45 degree angle next to the collapsed stop. The bus doesn't appear to have any damage (no obvious smashed glass) and the wing mirror (which judging by the angle the bus appears to be at) is attached.

Is the issue flimsy shelters or poor foundations? I wouldn't like to think what would happen if one of the Sunderland shelters with the plants on top  collapsed onto people below. I know certain bollards when hit are designed just to bend and flip back up if they are hit. A bus stop pole near my house was hit months ago (metal pole with flag on the top) and it just bent at point of impact (subsequently cut down).

I agree with the careless driving comments above though. Overhangs and projections are one of the first thing talked about when driving a large vehicle (its even part of the theory test).

It's certainly a strange one, just mentioning the bus in the post above there doesn't appear to be anything off road as a result of it.

Wonder if it might be related to the advertising side of the shelter and there being a lack of support and it's actually the roof sliding off which has uprooted the poles rather than the bus directly. If I'm right the one on Newgate Street was similar.

Definitely seems like there's a design flaw somewhere though.