Halton Transport

[trixmax2000]

RE: Halton Transport

(31/01/2016 11:14)Lynx Wrote:  I see your point but it wouldn't seem to make much difference in adding a extra few seconds. The two incidents I've mentioned aren't isolated incidents either, there are far to many near misses. More worryingly I've seen it to many times where drivers have jumped lights. This has been more limited to the quieter parts of the busway around Astmoor where drivers have a better view of traffic crossing the busway but it still shouldn't be occurring as there is still a element of risk involved.

I was a driver on the Busway from the day it opened until 2005 I had many a near misses with cars jumping the lights even had a motorbike hit me just in front of the rear axle,

All the traffic lights but for the A56 at Whitehouse are changed by the bus, it is the national speed limit on the Busway, A bus as to approach the lights at 37mph there are 3 sets of sensors in the road also there is a Yellow triangle painted on the road is a added warning to the driver at this point the lights should be changing for the bus if not the driver as time to stop,

When ever there is a RTA involving the lights the Police will always come along the Busway to check the lights,

Just saying that in all the time I was at my depot not one bus driver that as had a RTA at Busway traffic lights was prosecuted,