A recently published article by "Bus Driver U" describes what the author sees as serious safety failings in the way that bus services are regulated by TfL and run by bus operators. The article includes a link to another describing a campaign for safer bus operations in London launched by an American businessman who was the victim of near-fatal collision on Oxford Street.
The anonymous driver's article - Bus Driver Fatigue—A TfL-Contracted Killer on London’s Roads? - is published on the Safer Oxford Street blog. It describes how shift patterns and payment systems result in frequent cases of driver fatigue, which leads to accidents. However, the author contends that the root cause of these accidents - fatigue - is rarely acknowledged and hence no measures are taken to reduce it. One serious consequence of driver fatigue is "Foot Placement Error", also known as "Unintended Acceleration" or "Pedal Confusion".
What bus drivers consider to be the main problems can be gathered by reading the "London Bus Driver Bill of Rights", which was presented to the Mayor of London in September.
The second article describes the "one-man crusade" run by businessman Tom Kearney. His research while in hospital uncovered the unacceptably high rate of deaths caused by bus collisions in recent years.
Links
Bus Driver Fatigue—A TfL-Contracted Killer on London’s Roads? (Safer Oxford Street, October 20170
A Split Second on Oxford Street (Politico, December 2016)
