London: a telescopic urinal crushes and kills a man

[red750]

A man is "trapped" and "crushed" inside a public "telescopic" urinal near Trafalgar Square, in central London. The man was working at the Cambridge Circus site and was seriously injured at first. This is what the Metropolitan Police said.

 

As reported by the Daily Mail emergency services were called to the scene at 13:10 at the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road outside the Palace Theatre in London's theatre district.

 

Emergency teams are struggling to free the man. An air ambulance landed in Trafalgar Square while a large number of ambulances and fire brigade vehicles arrived at the scene of the accident.

 

What is a telescopic urinal?

The telescopic urinal is a "pop-up" toilet stored underground, that at night is brought to street level for use by people.

 

[pmccarthy]

I imagined something smaller and more personal, with the trapping and crushing being even more distressing. 

[old man emu]

Instead of howling for more bicycle lanes and rainbow markings on foot crossings, Clover Moore should be pressing for more public lavatories in Sydney. Try to find one after you have spent an hour or so getting into the CBD in public or private transport. Or has the paternalistic bent of the Council towards druggies resulted in the removal of public toilets from the streets of Sydney?

[nomadpete]

There's that distressing word again OME.

 

I doubt the shortage of pissoirs is due to paternalistic impulses by council

 

It is more likely an accountant to blame. Maybe it could make a profit to pee if they bring back coin operated toilets.

[Marty_d]

Some countries just have a 3-sided scalloped post where you can point & shoot.  Lot cheaper and simpler to build.

Of course some grannies may get offended but let's face it, you can't see anything anyway.

Not sure how something similar could be done for the girls, that may be a bit more challenging.

[nomadpete]

Look up waht a 'shewee' is

[onetrack]

To shed light on the original sad event - and to ensure none of you now back away holding out a cross, when you sight a popup urinal in the street - the bloke who was killed, was working on the urinal, underneath the device, well below street level.

 

He was obviously carrying out some kind of repair work with the urinal in a raised or partly raised position - and failed to ensure that any safety device was in place to prevent it from falling on him.

 

Sort of like climbing underneath your car, when it's supported only by the car jack, and without any additional fail-safe device, such as an axle stand. So you can cheerfully use any one of these popup urinal devices now, without any fear of being crushed by it.

 

Edited January 29, 2023 by onetrack

[facthunter]

Not as sensational when we get the details. The NEWS is like that..  Nev

[spacesailor]

Now it makes sense ! , I thought how could someone Inside get squashed .

spacesailor

[Jerry_Atrick]

I have to admit, I have never seen these pop-up urinals. Why not just leave them up and have a rotating door close behind you for privacy. London has public toilets. They are called pubs or McDonalds.

[red750]

Same here. That's why the current ad campaign with Bon Jovi's "Livin on a Prayer". The guys in the blue ute: Hey guys, I gotta wizz, eh? Again?

 

Playing that one to death.

[pmccarthy]

1 hour ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

I have to admit, I have never seen these pop-up urinals. Why not just leave them up and have a rotating door close behind you for privacy. London has public toilets. They are called pubs or McDonalds.

Do you have to buy a beer or burger? That’s a bit more than spend a penny.

[Jerry_Atrick]

No need to buy a beer or burger.. Although McDonalds are cracking down (pardon the pun) on it a bit.. Pubs are almost always welcoming.

[onetrack]

The French simply use doorways in front of shops, to relieve themselves. Never smelt so much overpowering urine smell, as in the streets of Paris.

 

To the Parisian local councils credit, they get out in force every morning, and hose the footpaths down very thoroughly.

[spacesailor]

A '' penny for the loo '', is loong gone , I heard it's now a Pound coin.

spacesailor

[facthunter]

IF you don't have the money on you , you can't leave a deposit either.  Nev

[onetrack]

In Cairo, it's a grasping outstretched hand attached to a bloke, who thrusts it out in front of you, and says, "BAKSHEESH!!" They get right in your face.