to think they shouldn't have named the man driving the bin lorry in George Square?

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I think he deserves privacy. Poor poor man only went to his work, he didn't mean to cause an accident.

Not everyone on MN knows everyone elses background and why they feel the way they do.

YANBU OP.

Naming this man does not change the tragedy. It will only cause more pain for all those involved. The newspapers that have named him should be ashamed and have more respect for those who lost their lives and for those who have lost loved ones.

There is more than one sort of grief.
Sympathy is not a finite resource.

YANBU

I have nothing but sympathy for that poor man, of course he will be grieving- I am stunned that anyone could think otherwise

Just asking. I really don't think Acky has been rude or horrible at all, if someone has been affected personally by this tragedy or issues of loss associated with it then others won't necessarliy know this, or indeed need to know. However this can leave others questioning reactions that suggest a lack of sympathy for the driver involved.

The newspapers have been very irresponsible and may well cause this man and his family physical harm. And now it cannot be undone. How they are allowed to do this without being charged with anything is beyond me.

It's not been made public what happened, Chippin, that is a fair point.

He collapsed and passed out at the wheel according to reports. Nothing to suggest anything other than illness.Three other people in lorry were behind and could not get to the brake.

This was from Daily Record.

If he wasn't at fault for the accident I can't see why it would matter naming him. Everyone will have the utmost sympathy with him, surely.

The Daily Record & Sunday Mail are a shower of bastards!
Door stopping that poor mans daughter, disgrace of a newspaper.

There are some right nutters out there though.

What could they be charged with, expat?

Yanbu there is no need for this to be made public!

Sadly not everyone is reasonable Bowlers.There will be a minority of people, more than likely unaffected by the tragedy,who will blame.

Ahem
Guidelines are here.
This is bound to be an emotive subject, and indeed this thread may not end up staying tbh, we are still looking into it BUT in the interim PEACE and love.
Thanks ever so

Bowlersarm whilst thinking this would be great it is naive to think that there might be people out there who don't overeact, get things wing, stupid etc...this is putting this man and his family at risk. Remember the paediatrician who's house was attached because a stupid hysterical mob thought she was a paedophile?

Chippin it's been said by numerous witnesses from the hour it happened that he was seen slumped over the wheel of the lorry. That's never been in question. The Daily Record report also says he took ill

Why would the thread end up not staying Olivia?

That's really sad then, poor guy, assuming the collapsing report is correct.

Get things wrong I meant! And attacked not attached obviously!

Bowlers His daughter has already been harassed by the press. Some people will sadly turn on this man and most probably make his life hell. He and his family will have to move as I assume his home will be targeted.

Naming this man will only cause more pain. There has already been enough.

Why would you remove the thread?
Most people are discussing rationality .
Unless there are legal reasons not to?

Chipping is right, though, in that there has been no official statement about how the tragedy occurred.

YANBU. It is a terrible thing to have to cope with.

My DH collapsed suddenly and sadly, died. There was barely a moment between him saying he had a terrible pain and him becoming unconscious.

I thought afterwards thank God he wasn't driving because others could have been injured or killed if he had been in charge of a vehicle.

There but for the grace of God... Any one of us could collapse at the wheel and be responsible for a tragedy.