git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agoMan hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant groupwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up123
arrow-up123external-linkMan hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant groupwww.theguardian.comgit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarehellinkilla [they/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoOne of the people quoted in the article said it was a cherry picker while the rest refer to a van. There is a pretty big difference between the two. They might have a vehicle like that to facilitate putting up flags.
minus-squarewiccan2@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoYou do realise you can get Transit vans with cherry picker attachments. Very common here in the UK:
minus-squarehellinkilla [they/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoOh ya thats a reasonable way both could be true. Can you add an attachment like that to any van? Thinking some extra stability should be required.
minus-squarewiccan2@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIf you look in the centre under the van you can see the stabilisation arms. You can get rigs like this for Landrovers too, that’s what the flag idiots use around here.
One of the people quoted in the article said it was a cherry picker while the rest refer to a van. There is a pretty big difference between the two.
They might have a vehicle like that to facilitate putting up flags.
You do realise you can get Transit vans with cherry picker attachments. Very common here in the UK:
Oh ya thats a reasonable way both could be true.
Can you add an attachment like that to any van? Thinking some extra stability should be required.
If you look in the centre under the van you can see the stabilisation arms.
You can get rigs like this for Landrovers too, that’s what the flag idiots use around here.