C15A hits pedestrians in Melbourne ANZAC Day march

Douglas Greville · #1 27-04-10, 09:13

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They wanted my C8 in ANZAC day and the club organiser was almost cohersive . I told him I freak out ..too many people and crowds ..I become very nervous and may do a silly thing . I did it from 79 to 83 ..had enough .
MIKE

Mike

Speaking of coercion, I have had the same issue, twice in fact. They regard me as a right b*stard for saying no - so be it!
If they are that keen to have a tank/armoured car/truck/jeep then they can get off their b*ms and restore one themselves.

As you say, the coercion gets quite intense and speaking from personal experience can be from some surprisingly influential people at times.

What turned me off anything to do with the public and moving vehicles was promises of crowd control that were all hot air.
It appeared to be a case of saying what ever it took to get me to agree to providing my vehicles and then forgetting the promises.

Just to clarify things, the last event I agreed to go in was NOT an Anzac Day parade, it is an experience I will not be repeating.

Interestingly is the Corowa "parade", which I think is a misnomer, I would suggest a correct description of it would be a "run", "rally" or "convoy". The
fact that it is purely vehicles (and Alan on his push bike) APPEARS to mean that the vehicles are travelling at a reasonable speed and the public stays
on the foot path, there is no mixing of vehicles and people on foot. Effectively, from what I can gather, it is all about the public's perception:
they don't think of the road as somewhere they can be.

If I am wrong, tell me.

Regards
Doug

Mike K · #2 28-04-10, 03:09

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Originally Posted by Douglas Greville

Speaking of coercion, I have had the same issue, twice in fact. They regard me as a right b*stard for saying no - so be it!
If they are that keen to have a tank/armoured car/truck/jeep then they can get off their b*ms and restore one themselves.

As you say, the coercion gets quite intense and speaking from personal experience can be from some surprisingly influential people at times.

Doug

Believe it or not, but many people in the crowd on anzac day, think the restored vehicles belong to the army , and some of the crowd actaully believes the vehicles are current army and therefore are open to the public to scrutinize etc.. after all, the crowd believe it's our money that paid for them .

I took the command car in one year ... it was on dodgy plates ( no pun intended ) and in those days I looked like a hippy . The cops let me go but the looks from the boys in blue were intense and nasty . Never again I thought .

here's an update on the accident http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin

Euan McDonald · #3 28-04-10, 04:33

more updates.
http://abc.gov.au/news/stories/2010/....htm?site=news

Alex van de Wetering · #4 30-04-10, 13:28

Ajj...Terrible news.

About a year ago there was a similar accident here in Holland:

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...light=accident

Alex

motto (RIP) · #5 01-05-10, 02:29

Alex.
The date on that accident report is 2007 so all resulting findings should be known. Did injured recover ok? How did the collision occur? Was any action taken against people involved?
I,m sure everyone would like to know the outcome.
David

motto (RIP) · #6 06-05-10, 04:51

A photo has been released that was supposedly taken by an onlooker immediately before the Blitz surged forward into the marchers on ANZAC Day. In the photo the driver of the truck can be seen holding a camera up with both hands. This has caused a bit of a flurry here in the media but proves nothing as it is a still picture and the vehicle may have been stationary at the time. Police are still investigating the incident. Driver is assisting with their inquiries.
One of the injured remains in hospital and two are in rehabilitation.
David

Local Chap · #7 11-07-11, 18:28

This was on tonight's news as the case has finally been through the courts.

Driver fined $4500 and disqualified from driving for 18 mths. Avoided jail by his extreme contrition and support given by members of the Ceylon ex-Servicemen's Assoc, with whom he still stays in contact. All those injured have recovered with no long term injuries.