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Reference:
2025/0572
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Question by:
Keith Prince
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Meeting date:
25 February 2025
On 27 January 2025, a 76-year-old driver of a Route 291 bus operated by Go Ahead London was found guilty of ‘Careless Driving’ for killing an 83-year-old pedestrian in Greenwich on 11 September 2021. The prosecution successfully argued that 'a pillar inside the bus created a "blind spot" [that, in order for the bus driver to see a pedestrian crossing in front] required the driver to move his head and upper body to look around it'. Following up your response to question 2025/0119, shouldn't the Direct Vision Requirement in TfL's ‘Bus Safety Standard’ have eliminated this obviously lethal working environment...