Just seen on the BBC Website

[fananntut]

Police say vapour coming from M6 Toll coach passenger's bag was 'health improvement aid for smokers'.

Guess someone will have been vaping on that coach then!

[Annie]

#icon_rofl#

[Ellen]

Seems like they went way OTT with the whole situation! Crazy

[kurotoshiro]

When Stealth Vapes Go Bad!

[richdude]

"Following an initial assessment, we can confirm that no-one has been injured and that there is no danger to passengers at the scene or any other travellers who were on the motorway at that time."

Even the police woman says vaping is safe for all!!!

Funny thing is my girlfriend told me earlier about it and what was described and she said all her mates on facebook were saying its terroists going to london blah blah blah, I replied by saying "Probably not babe, most likely an old dear with a e-fag!"

[Annie]

Jul 5, 2012 14:14:44 GMT kurotoshiro said:

When Stealth Vapes Go Bad!

Should have bought a Mini Ego

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

Jul 5, 2012 14:11:03 GMT Ellen said:

Seems like they went way OTT with the whole situation! Crazy

Not really, In fact I think that the Police and the other services acted very quicly and efficiently. What would you of said if it had been ignored and was an actual threat, or if they just let it go without fully investigating what had happened.

If you were on public transport and you saw someone putting liquid into a box, which started to smoke would you be ok with it, or would you question it? Ok If the box was one of warlords box mods and it was recognisable as a vaping device then because you have the knowledge about it you would not bat an eyelid about it. But if you did not have a clue about these type of things it would look very strange and suspicious.

I say good on the emergancy services for doing what we pay them to do (in this instance)

[marian]

i have been watching it all morning and when they first said that someone had pored a liquid and it had started to smoke i guessed what it was straight away
why it took them so long to work it out that it was safe is beyond me

[debb72]

i had a sneeky feeling what it was but im usually wrong and make myself look stupid #icon_rofl#

[maccafan]

I missed this..

Is it this?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18721639

[richdude]

yep thats it macca

[marian]

Think I will be a bit carefull about vaping in public in future if it's going to get me surrounded by armed police !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maccafan]

Thanks..

Funny but not good publicity for e-cigs I am afraid. For those who missed it here's a more complete report;

news.sky.com/story/956382/m6-toll-terror-alert-caused-by-smoking-aid

[domesticextremist]

Interesting. The Daily Wail is blaming e-cigs
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2169070/M6-terror-false-alarm-Drivers-fume-armed-police-swoop-bus.html
but the Grauniad says it was hot water
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/05/m6-coach-passengers-evacuated-police

I'd like to put money on this being used as an excuse to ban e-cigs rather than
seeing the idiot that raised the false alarm getting a fine.

[Chrissie]

And this paper is also saying it was an e-cig

www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/07/05/m6-toll-terror-scare-caused-by-electronic-cigarette/