Can anyone please help with this serious accident?

[Vespasian]

Most authorities can barely afford to do essential works, including inspections, so how would they fund hysteria felling?

 

I don't know, but they found a way in Sheffield...

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

I don't know, but they found a way in Sheffield...

 

LAs are too busy blaming central government funding for their inability to operate within a budget to focus on additional tasking! (It's a gold plated excuse for poor management.)

 

Joe Public is more likely to get the jitters and flash up the B&Q saw with headlines like this from the BBC:

 

Storm Doris: Woman killed as UK hit by winds reaching 94mph - BBC News

 

As described by Ball & Ball-King in Public Safety and Risk Assessment – Improving Decision Making (2011), "...exposure to a memorable accident either directly or indirectly through a recent news story may lead to an inclination to rate the probability of a recurrence as higher than it actually is..."

 

BBC headline "woman killed" accompanied by a picture of a fallen tree which is completely unrelated to the woman's death. Notably, there is also a crushed car in the picture! Misguided tree-related media sensationalism likely to result in a purge of roadside trees rather than cars?

[Gary Prentice]

I don't know, but they found a way in Sheffield...

 

Public finance initiative, a different animal entirely

[Haironyourchest]

Wouldn't the simple thing be, to build public transport vehicles a bit tougher? You'd think with the materials available today one could retrofit a low profile reinforcement over the cab. All kinds of crumple zones to protect against front and side impacts but nothing on top?

[Mortimer Firewood]

Wouldn't the simple thing be, to build public transport vehicles a bit tougher? You'd think with the materials available today one could retrofit a low profile reinforcement over the cab. All kinds of crumple zones to protect against front and side impacts but nothing on top?

 

Is this a poorly thought out joke

[wicklamulla]

Is this a poorly thought out joke

 

agreed. i've never read anything so stupid.

[Haironyourchest]

Not a joke guys, and it happens more than you'd think. Double deckers are especially at risk of hitting sagging branches. A few decades ago no cars had air bags, crumple zones, ABS or seat belts. Nothing wrong with progress. Better to have the protection and not need it than the other. I bet the driver would agree with me.

[Stefan Palokangas]

One would think in areas like that to be extra careful and inspect more frequently compared to other lower risk zones.

 

 

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[kevinjohnsonmbe]

One would think in areas like that to be extra careful and inspect more frequently compared to other lower risk zones.

 

 

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One would indeed Stefan - and perhaps they might if a "person" stood to be held liable rather than an "organisation" which will simply pass any costs of ineptitude / inadequacy on to the council tax payers of the area.

[Stefan Palokangas]

One would indeed Stefan - and perhaps they might if a "person" stood to be held liable rather than an "organisation" which will simply pass any costs of ineptitude / inadequacy on to the council tax payers of the area.

 

 

I pass so many dead trees beside roads, I don't find a positive attitude to remove them. Even 1 metre high stumps just beside roads is left. I for one am ready to tackle this safety hazard. Could it be the councils today got a very limited budget ? It's always a organisation to deal with when councils is involved.

 

 

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