Bus-a-move! * USA - Drivers' hit spots
Some city intersections may need a new street sign: Beware of buses
New York,NY,USA -The New York Post by MICHELLE KASKE & TOM NAMAKO -April 5, 2010: -- NYC Transit reveals riskiest corners... Two Upper East Side corners are among the top five locations for bus accidents in the city, according to data obtained by The Post... In 2009, there were 29 accidents at East 57th Street and Third Avenue -- the most in the city -- that involved buses hitting pedestrians or vehicles... Second was Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica with 20 collisions, followed by Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U in Brooklyn with 19. And just down Third Avenue, at East 59th Street, there were 17 accidents, the fourth most in the city... But not all the blame should fall on the bus drivers... Some say bad traffic signals and signage are at fault, while others point to aggressive pedestrians forcing buses to make sudden stops... Russell Garton, a doorman on that corner for the last five years, said it's not just buses. He says he sees at least four fender benders a week... She said that bus operators go through annual safety courses and have to take the state road test every two years... Some people blame a lack of traffic-police presence at the intersections... (Photo by Brigitte Stelzer - MEAN STREETS: Third Avenue and 57th Street is the city's top bus-crash site)Labels: bus accidents warning
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