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    *pukes*

    Bus waste victims suing Greyhound

    By MARK REITER
    BLADE STAFF WRITER

    An Ottawa County family has learned the hard way that getting behind a passenger bus on an interstate highway can be dangerous to one's health.

    Robert and Angela Stokes of Graytown are suing Greyhound Lines Inc. in Lucas County Common Pleas Court over a load of human waste one of its buses released on their sport utility vehicle as they were on I-75 in Toledo on a spring day in 2005.

    The waste from the bus' sanitary tank went through the open windows and sunroof of their 2002 Ford Explorer, contaminating the outside and inside of the SUV and drenching the occu-pants, including their son, 9, and daughter, 10.

    The Stokes, who were covered with urine, feces, toilet paper, and human waste, were returning home after celebrating Mother's Day on May 8, 2005, at a Toledo restaurant.

    According to a police report, Mr. Stokes was merging onto northbound I-75 from the Willys Parkway entrance ramp and got wedged in traffic behind the bus. The Greyhound then dumped its load.

    "My client was driving in heavy traffic. They had nowhere to go. What can you do?'' Robert Bryce, an attorney for the family, said yesterday.

    Despite being covered with waste, Mr. Stokes followed the bus to obtain its identification information and license plate number. His wife relayed the information to a 911 operator by cell phone, Mr. Bryce said.

    Also in the vehicle was the Stokes' son, Thomas Groll, 22, who also is named as a plaintiff in the complaint that was filed Friday. The Stokes and Mr. Groll are seeking unspecified punitive damages from Greyhound and compensation to pay for expenses incurred by the plaintiffs for medical treatment and testing for infectious diseases.

    Mr. Bryce said the Stokes' vehicle was declared a total loss by their insurance company because the stench and filth couldn't be removed, even though the interior was steam-cleaned several times.

    Anna Folmnsbee with Greyhound headquarters in Dallas said company policy would not allow her to comment.

    WTF is the bus doing dumping it's waste while on the road?

  • #2
    You must have missed the part that said the plaintiffs were Canadian and they were driving an SUV. That's two very good reasons.

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    • #3
      In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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      • #4
        Public transportation

        Everyone driving their own gas guzzling pollution machine
        "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

        “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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        • #5
          Greyhound is really a public service

          Not only does it transport people with less pollution, it also craps on SUVs. Greyhound
          "I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
          "I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
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          • #6
            ROFL! That serves them right for driving gas-guzzling SUV´s

            I wish I was a bus driver, then I would throw feces at SUV drivers all the time!

            Grandpa Troll is excluded of course, he´s too nice a guy
            I love being beaten by women - Lorizael

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Zkribbler
              You must have missed the part that said the plaintiffs were Canadian and they were driving an SUV. That's two very good reasons.
              Errrr....no.

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              Stadtluft Macht Frei
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              • #8
                Was it one of the people on the bus throwing out a bucket of **** or was it some sort of mechanical trouble?

                Either way Oggie is totally wrong. Grey Hound is not public transit and instead is a privately owned and operated company in the transportation business just like the airlines or the ship companies running cruises. Grey Hound is mass transit just like all public transit (or airlines or ships for that matter) but it is most certainly not public.
                Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by KrazyHorse
                  Errrr....no.

                  http://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/
                  What?! Americans live in a county with a Canadian name!?! They deserve a double load.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Oerdin
                    Was it one of the people on the bus throwing out a bucket of **** or was it some sort of mechanical trouble?

                    Either way Oggie is totally wrong. Grey Hound is not public transit and instead is a privately owned and operated company in the transportation business just like the airlines or the ship companies running cruises. Grey Hound is mass transit just like all public transit (or airlines or ships for that matter) but it is most certainly not public.
                    Well truth be told, I didn't actually say Greyhound was public transportation. I merely commented that public transportation .
                    "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

                    “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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                    • #11
                      Ogie is an enemy of American companies commie

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                      • #12
                        must be a mechanical malfunction.

                        apparantly accidents don't happen anymore, someone must always be sued.

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                        • #13
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                          THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                          AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                          AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                          DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by LordShiva
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                            Seems I created a monster

                            Of course: message icon
                            Blah

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Kuciwalker
                              Ogie is an enemy of American companies commie
                              Yup. Me loves those Japanese commie carzz!
                              "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

                              “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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