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Japanese tourist dies after falling off trolley in Honolulu

National Sep. 21, 2011 - 05:33AM JST ( 17 )

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AsagaoSep. 21, 2011 - 09:41AM JST

Sad story. Positive side is at least, at 71 years old, the man was in Hawaii enjoying his life.
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naruhodo1Sep. 21, 2011 - 12:11PM JST

Correction Asagao, was JUST starting to enjoy his retirement. Worked 12 hour days, saved a ton of cash, and couldnt make it to his planned average life expectancy of 77...RIP
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tmtmsnbSep. 21, 2011 - 01:09PM JST

“standing next to the right side, center exit”---door was open or unsecured, or no door at all? “As it made a left turn, he fell off the trolley on to the road.”---an abrupt left turn at rather high speed? As a tourist from Japan where the anouncement in a bus tells you: 'The bus is turning left', that must be the last lesson he had leaned---kio tsukete!
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Ben_JackinoffSep. 21, 2011 - 01:20PM JST

Unlike iconic San Francisco trolleys, the gasoline-powered vehicles travel on wheels and not on a track.

In other words, unlike the iconic San Francisco trolleys, it is a bus.
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paulinusaSep. 21, 2011 - 01:22PM JST

Been on those trolleys and if I remember correctly the "center exit" was retrofitted with a fixed waist high brass rail across it. It's not a true exit, everyone must leave from the front door. And I believe that no one was allowed to stand near that area.
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Jared NormanSep. 21, 2011 - 01:36PM JST

the drivers of these trolleys drive crappy, this isn't the first time i have heard of this. the $30/day fee is a rip off.
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JapanGalSep. 21, 2011 - 01:42PM JST

Funny Ben, but I have to agree. A bus and trolley are different.
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USNinJapan2Sep. 21, 2011 - 03:22PM JST

Unlike iconic San Francisco trolleys...

You mean cable cars? Never heard them called trolleys before...
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Jared NormanSep. 21, 2011 - 03:58PM JST

no cable car is for when the cable pulls the trolley
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Badge213Sep. 21, 2011 - 09:13PM JST

the drivers of these trolleys drive crappy, this isn't the first time i have heard of this.

Great, just post some links or give some details of previous cases.
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Elbuda MexicanoSep. 21, 2011 - 10:56PM JST

It just sounds like a horrible accident, I hope there was no foul play involved, RIP old dude from Japan on da Havian Islands as da locals call it.
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FadamorSep. 21, 2011 - 11:10PM JST

They've been around a while. I remember them from when I was in the navy back in the early 80's. They were gasoline-powered buses done up to look like trolleys (or streetcars, if you will). An actual trolley or streetcar would require overhead power wires and that just WOULDN'T do in Honolulu. It would mar the "asthetic beauty" of the glass and steel high-rises along Kalakaua Avenue!
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ExportExpertSep. 21, 2011 - 11:38PM JST

Shouldnt this be called a tram car not a trolley, a trolley is what one pushes round the super market isnt it?
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cleoSep. 21, 2011 - 11:51PM JST

a trolley is what one pushes round the super market isnt it?

A trolley bus is a bus powered by electricity from an overhead cable by means of a trolley wheel. I thought the American name was streetcar.

A quick look on Google images brings up pictures of square, old-fashioned-looking buses with 'Waikiki Trolley' painted on them; they don't seem to have any overhead power source. They seem to be open-sided and the seats face sideways instead of forwards. They might be quite easy to fall out of.
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FadamorSep. 22, 2011 - 02:09AM JST

More than likely, the ojiisan was adjusting his packages (they had just left the Ala Moana Shopping Center) as the bus was making a turn and he wasn't holding onto anything afixed to the trolley bus.
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Elbuda MexicanoSep. 22, 2011 - 05:20PM JST

I hope he overseas travel insurance but anyway RIP!
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JannettoSep. 22, 2011 - 09:34PM JST

Poor old guy- bet he let go of the hand rail to do a peace sign as obaa chan took a photo.