Blackpool Tram Crash comment

[notadriver]

LEYTR Comment: In many ways, driving a tram requires more concentration and faster response times to that of a heavy rail train or locomotive. On-street running is something train operators do not do. Cars, cycles, buses and pedestrians are all additional hazards to contend with while controlling a vehicle not dissimilar in both size and length to those which link Manchester with Leeds or run along the Cornish branch lines. Many tram drivers use their experience to gain promotion and become train drivers. A friend of mine did just that and found the job of becoming a train driver far easier than driving around the streets of Sheffield in a tram

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[Bafferty]

I agree, its a job where you have to be focused 110% driving a tram in street sections. Especially in this weather having slip slide on a street section has far more serious complications than a train driver overshooting a platform.