19 February (Part 1) -
June the 1st
Three weeks ago
Councillor Slaughter asked a TfL manager if she had any statistics on
bus accidents. Predictably she did not but I guess that June Slaughter must have been on to something because
reports are that 63 people were killed or seriously
injured by or on London buses in the final three months of last year.
I have known for a long time that riding London buses is among the most dangerous
modes of transport and presumably the majority of drivers know that because most take great
care to ensure that the elderly are sitting down before moving off.
But not the driver of a 301 last Thursday afternoon who took off like a rocket
from the Yarnton Way roundabout stop in an effort to turn me into another TfL
statistic.