Bus Driver Acted on. Wrong Signal
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FTER waiting at a stop while passengers alighted from the double-deck bus that he was driving, a defendant in a Cambridgeshire court said that he started his vehicle on hearing the' signal bell. It was, however, the bell on a bus drawn up alongside that he heard, and the conductress and a woman passenger fell off the platform of his vehicle.
Richard William Long, of Manor Close, Harston, was fined £2 for failing to take "all reasonable precautions" to ensure the safety of passengers, and £1 for failing to report the accident within 24 hours.
Giving evidence, the conductress of the defendant's vehicle said: "When the bus started I had not given any signal to the driver. The bus was fitted with a buzzer. Another bus had pulled up on the same service going in the opposite direction. The buses were opposite each other. The other bus had a bell. Mr. Long had been driving the other bus before the accident."
Entering a plea of not guilty, Mr. R. P. Hewitson, for the driver, said the circumstances were very unusual.
NEW VEHICLE TWICE AS EFFICIENT
A MODERN refuse collector can do 2-1 at least double the work of a normal side-loading type, claims Hastings borough engineer in a report to the town council.
The cleansing department runs three side-loaders, two of which have been fully depreciated after being in use for seven years, and they cost about £1,000 a year to run. The hygiene committee have approved the principle of purchasing a new vehicle to replace the two old machines. They were told by the borough engineer that the new model would cosi £1,350 a year to run.