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post #1 of 21
11/11/06 at 6:34pm
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This had to have been quite disgusting.

One minute you're driving, the next minute you and your car are covered in nastiness.

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NOVEMBER 7--An Ohio family is suing Greyhound Lines, claiming that they were driving behind one of the company's buses when the vehicle discharged its latrine, covering them and their car with a fetid stew of human waste, toilet paper, and chemicals. In a Court of Common Pleas lawsuit, Robert and Angela Stokes charge that they were driving last May (Mother's Day, to be exact) on I-75 in Toledo when "Greyhound Bus No. 6426" suddenly "emptied the contents of its latrine." The Stokes, who were traveling with their three children, claim that they and their 2002 Ford Explorer were covered with "human urine, human feces, toilet paper, other waste products" and a liquid toilet chemical known as F-104 Inca Gold. Along with destroying their car, the Stokes contend that the bus discharge ruined their clothes and caused them to incur about $10,000 in medical bills. The complaint, an excerpt of which you'll find below, seeks at least $300,000 in total damages for the five family members.
Source: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...reyhound1.html
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post #2 of 21
11/11/06 at 6:51pm
This family needs to look at the bright side. They weren't actually on the Greyhound bus.
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post #3 of 21
11/11/06 at 7:12pm
First thought upon seeing thread title: Someone leaked part of my home video collection. Second thought: At least the daschund/snuff section is still secure.

Really, though, that's gross. Almost as funny as Dave Mathews dumping his latrine on a boat full of party-goers.
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post #4 of 21
11/11/06 at 8:18pm
That's what they get for driving a SUV.
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post #5 of 21
11/12/06 at 12:33am
I always wished that someone would shit on one of those goddamned family-filled SUVs that drive below the speed limit and rubbernecks at accidents. Guess dreams do come true.
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post #6 of 21
11/12/06 at 9:52am
I don't bitch about flying because I've rode on a bus once. Once. Like riding with carny folk.
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post #7 of 21
11/12/06 at 6:47pm
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Originally Posted by General Zod
I don't bitch about flying because I've rode on a bus once. Once. Like riding with carny folk.
Haha! It sure is.
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post #8 of 21
11/12/06 at 8:05pm
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The Stokes, who were traveling with their three children, claim that they and their 2002 Ford Explorer were covered with "human urine, human feces, toilet paper, other waste products" and a liquid toilet chemical known as F-104 Inca Gold. Along with destroying their car, the Stokes contend that the bus discharge ruined their clothes and caused them to incur about $10,000 in medical bills.
Wow, it destroyed the car? I had no idea Bus toilet tanks were so strong. In fact, perhaps the military should look into whatever it is Greyhound does to it's waste because this stuff sounds like it could stop a tank.

Or perhaps it's just another lawyer looking for an easy pay day.
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post #9 of 21
11/12/06 at 8:25pm
You're telling me you'd like to drive that car again?
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post #10 of 21
11/12/06 at 9:12pm
Yeah, once a car has been awash in a busload of human waste and chemicals, the resale value tends to dip a wee bit.
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post #11 of 21
11/12/06 at 9:36pm
Oh come on. Run it through a car wash. Twice. Then sell it. But they're making it sound like the shit ate through the windscreen and burned the children's eyes out. Was it a bus full of Xenomorphs?
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post #12 of 21
11/12/06 at 9:50pm
That's not really the point though. If a company dumps human waste on your car, I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect them to buy a replacement.
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post #13 of 21
11/12/06 at 10:18pm
Right. Because of Greyhound, they have to sell their car, and won't get as much value even after they get it cleaned, so it's on their dime. Before we shed too many tears for poor abused little Greyhound here, let's keep in mind they are the ones dumping feces on unsuspecting families.

I'm suprised a serious accident didn't result from this, either from the driver freaking out or some other motorist laughing so hard they had an aneurysm.
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post #14 of 21
11/12/06 at 11:13pm
The lawsuit's for 300,000 dollars. It's a bit more than just a new car and some fresh clothes. I agree Greyhound are at fault, and should pay for damages, but this sounds a little excessive.
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post #15 of 21
11/12/06 at 11:38pm
So how much would you need to take a fecal shower in front of your kids?
10k? 50?
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post #16 of 21
11/12/06 at 11:40pm
Perhaps, but sometimes large sums are awarded in cases like this to try to prevent a repeat performance. And as mentioned a serious accident could have resulted.
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post #17 of 21
11/13/06 at 1:00am
Well, people have sued for way more, over way less, in the past. And won.

$300,000, although excessive, seems about right. They shouldn't be dumping shit on the highway, pure and simple. Imagine how much this happens when no one is around.
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post #18 of 21
11/13/06 at 3:59pm
I ran over a skunk in winter once. It stunk pretty bad, but on warm days (whatever was left of the roadkill must have wedged itself up into my undercarriage or had sprayed the belly of my car so bad) it was pretty unbearable. Especially when I ran my heat/ac/fan... A carwash didn't fix it. Took a good year or so for the stink to fade.

I can imagine that whatever stew of waste and chemicals that spilled out of the back of that bus had entered through their grill or under their engine. No soap, sponge, or pine-tree-air-freshener is gonna remove that smell/s.
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post #19 of 21
11/13/06 at 5:34pm
Think if the windows were open. Or the kids' mouths.
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post #20 of 21
11/13/06 at 5:43pm
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Originally Posted by Nordling
Think if the windows were open. Or the kids' mouths.
Says the waste ruined their clothes so it seems that they were. Ew.
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post #21 of 21
11/13/06 at 7:11pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus-6
Well, people have sued for way more, over way less, in the past. And won.

$300,000, although excessive, seems about right. They shouldn't be dumping shit on the highway, pure and simple. Imagine how much this happens when no one is around.
Cigarette smokers who throw their butts out the window are oblivious that what they are doing is littering.

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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
I ran over a skunk in winter once. It stunk pretty bad, but on warm days (whatever was left of the roadkill must have wedged itself up into my undercarriage or had sprayed the belly of my car so bad) it was pretty unbearable. Especially when I ran my heat/ac/fan... A carwash didn't fix it. Took a good year or so for the stink to fade.

I can imagine that whatever stew of waste and chemicals that spilled out of the back of that bus had entered through their grill or under their engine. No soap, sponge, or pine-tree-air-freshener is gonna remove that smell/s.
My uncle stopped by my mother's house on the way back from a hunting trip a few years ago and he had a make-shift dog pen attached to the back of his truck. One of his bird dogs had been attacked by a skunk before they left on their journey back. It was so desperate for air because of the stench, it had chewed a hole through plywood big enough to stick its head out into the fresh air.
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