[TCUG] Re: The Times article
- From: "Philip Selvidge" <Philip.Selvidge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:39:27 +0100
Can anyone (TfL?) tell us whether it was a pelican, toucan or ped stage
at signals please?
Phil
>>> peter.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 18/05/2007 09:28 >>>
Phew!!
Whatever the case with the signals, TfL's denial that the signals
contributed to the death of the pedestrian surely must be upheld? Is a
driver entitled to flatten a pedestrian because the signals are green?
Green means proceed IF safe to do so, not regardless of the
consequences. The problem is, this could turn into a landmark case;
any
incident at a junction with a ped facility is likely to be scrutinised
in light of this.
I suspect I will be re-assessing many of our config's in the near
future.
I cannot understand the attitude of the police in suggesting it was
her
own fault, it appears to allow for this notion that Barristers tend to
portray that we 'happen along when something happened out of the
blue',
well I'm sorry but when you are responsible for over a tonne of metal,
you should NOT be 'happening along'! The coach driver should be
prosecuted for causing death by dangerous driving, in my opinion.
Peter
Peter Jones
Principal Traffic Systems Engineer
Phone: +44 (0) 151 934 4254
Fax: +44 (0) 151 922 4514
Sefton MBC - UTC
7th Floor
Balliol House
Balliol Road
Bootle
L20 3NJ
>>> "Treen, Sean" <Sean.Treen@xxxxxxxxxx> 18/05/2007 08:32 >>>
An interesting read this Friday morning!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1805664.ece
Sean Treen
Senior Engineer (Traffic Systems)
Bedfordshire Highways
Woodlands Annex
Manton Lane
Bedford
MK41 7NU
Direct telephone: 0845 3656138
Mobile: 07725 445805
Fax: 0845 3656001
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