Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Bus Safety or Bus Fuss?

In response to driver concerns that there is a blind spot on "mega busses" in Hamilton, whereby passengers can potentially slip and fall, and not be seen by the drivers, risking them being run over, the Hamilton Street Railway is pulling its 18-metre buses from the 1 King bus.

A number of stops along King and Main streets were designed for the standard 12-metre buses.Drivers said they were forced to stop with the back half of the vehicle on an angle, creating a dangerous blind spot.
"The concern is that if a passenger fell, we couldn't see them," said Eric Tuck, who is vice-president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 107 and has driven articulated buses on the King route.

See full Spec article here. Your thoughts?

2 comments:

  1. Wonderful. Back to the shrimp-boat buses. The articulated ones have made travelling on King bearable.

    Are they targeting the Beeline as well?

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  2. Michelle HruschkaJune 30, 2010

    The bus drivers would know more of the potential hazards then the average citizen, so I think that if the drivers have brought these issues to the forefront, it is a good thing.

    I mean we may have a route planner who sits in front of a computer that does not have the driving experience and that is a potential hazard in regard to public safety.

    It is the driver that bares the responsibility if someone gets hurt not the desk jockey.

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