BUS DRIVERS PROTECTION * USA - Metro considers Plexiglas barriers to protect drivers
Seattle,WASH,USA -The Seattle PI, by SCOTT GUTIERREZ -March 15, 2010: -- After a bus driver was beaten and knocked unconscious while behind the wheel, officials with King County Metro Transit are exploring whether to enclose drivers behind Plexiglas barriers... The decision follows a high-profile case in which a female driver, 56, was attacked by a teenage thug while operating a late night route on Jan. 23 through Tukwila... Security barriers were suggested during a study four years ago on assaults and fare evasion but the idea was dismissed because some union members weren't comfortable with it, according to Metro officials. Now, both Metro administrators and union leaders have agreed to take another look... Some think a Plexiglas shield would have kept the driver's attackers at bay... (Photo: King County Metro plans to test Plexiglas shields as a way to protect bus drivers. This photo was provided by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which tried a pilot project in 2008)Labels: barriers, drivers' protection
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