Sunday, February 28, 2010

Fwd: Road Safety? Not in Adelaide...

To The Australasian College of Road Safety

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65n-88K6R6U

Adelaide buses "crab" down the road, with the rear of the bus 100 to 300mm closer to a cyclist than the front. This happens on a road with a camber.

On 24 June video footage and correspondence was sent to Director of Road Safety, DTEI, Mr Martin Small, stating It is only a matter of time till a cyclist is injured or killed due to this fault. A reply on 30 June stated this information was forwarded to the Departments Public Transport Division.

At the request of an administration person from the Department of Transport, I sent a second copy of the letter and CD (Video) to Dept of Transport, 71 Transport Rd, Netley, on 7 August 2009.

I have received no response in this regard, and from this video evidence (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65n-88K6R6U) of bus WMW174 there seems there has been no effort to remove this hazard.

I have telephoned the office on 2 February 2010 with a request to be called back.

My concern is that;
- faulty buses are not identified by the drivers, inspectors or maintenance inspection processes, and
- no action has been made to remove this hazard, nor improve processes to prevent re-occurrence.


If there is such a thing as "The Australasian College of Road Safety" then i hope you can help.



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