Re: Tramway trivia - another Melbourne rarity
  C. B.

Absolutely correct, Matthew. This "precision driving" is the norm in the
Czech Republic as well. It's a pity that Australia doesn't follow the
European methods rather than blindly looking to UK for an example.
(Remember the London "expert"ho wanted to scrap the Melbourne tram system,
years ago?)

Chas

On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 09:54, Matthew Geier matthew@...>
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> On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 09:30, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder <

>tramsdownunder@...> wrote:

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>> Also it would mean training all bus drivers to go through the stops

>> particularly in tram replacement situations and it’s not worth training

>> hundreds of drivers who may need to use that knowledge once in a blue moon.

>> That’s what a worker in the operation section told me.

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>> If you treat all your drivers as ignorant oafs , that is all you will get.

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> In Europe they appear to expect their bus drivers to operate their

> vehicles with precision. Buses and trams sharing stops is common all over

> Germany for example. Artics manage to pull up along side tram platforms

> with all 4 doors next to the platform with 'like on rails' precision.

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> Except the 'non in Europe UK'. were they appear to hire minimum wage

> drivers in from Poland who can't even speak English, run them over the

> route once, hand them a UK bus license and turn them loose. I'm sure this

> situation is what our bus operators aspire to, not the German model.

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