On 23/05/2017 11:35 AM, 'Bill Richardson'billcarol9@... [TramsDownUnder] wrote:
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> According to Ch 9 news last night, the guy who rescued the truck driver was

> following the truck, and he said the truck had the green light, so how would

> passengers on the tram see that the tram had the green light??

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The Age is running with a story of a possible traffic light fault which showed both directions as green.
I would consider that highly unlikely.

The crossing is also a popular bicycle path - and that probably means plenty of witnesses at 8am.
I think the police will be able to do their job reasonably easily.

As a matter of interest, here's a view looking west towards the crossing - the direction from which the truck approached the scene.
http://tdu.to/ElliottAve_RoyalPark_22May2017.JPG
As you can see, there is a curve and a couple of standard diamond traffic signal ahead signs.
The tram in the pic is 2028 - after it had been re-railed and pulled back from the point of impact.

Mal Rowe - tipping that those diamond signs are likely to be replaced with something more attention grabbing.