I’m glad someone on TDU is safety conscious, given our general culture of sneering at ‘elf’n’safety’!

There is an obvious design issue with coupled trams, where sloped windscreens and extensive glass makes the solution of tapes stretched between the vehicles, commonly seen on rapid transit lines, more difficult to apply. Rapid transit and EMUs generally have more vertical fronts, less glass at the side and negotiate less sharp curves – making barrier tapes easier to use. Probably electronic sensors, detecting anything (including people) entering the gap, will be the answer for coupled trams. Particularly when they are fully automated.

Brent Efford – futurist

On 17/05/2019, at 5:57 PM, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

On 16/05/2019 17:04, Matthew Geier wrote:
> Finally wandered down to Moore Park at lunch and finally saw a Citadis 305 up close.

> A 'do not step' notice is covering the actual coupling.

>

Matthew's pic is at: https://tdu.to/i/64868

My pic - showing a broader view - is attached.

Is this an "accident waiting to happen"?

I would assume that passengers will try to walk between the "buses" (coupled trams!) and find their way blocked.

At that time they would seem to be out of the line of view of the driver, who could easily drive off before they retreat.

Mal Rowe - safety conscious