This was a major accident a few years ago in Dublin,
Tram crashed into a double decker bus,
Signal system failed to control the traffic crossing.
http://www.dublinblog.ie/2009/09/16/...y-st-junction/



There has been many accidents like this in Dublin, but there Tram's are a new thing and it's just time until people realise they can't stop in the same breaking distance as a large truck or bus

But a car has a "Knautsch-Zone" (rubber-zone ? ) giving the driver a chance of survival, a bycicle does not.

In case of trams in Zurich, you have to imagine that a tram on a route like the one in question accelerates up to between 40 and 45 km/h, and a Cobra for example has a weight of 39 tons, so that a braking-distance of some 10 meters (or more) is to be taken into account.

True, the old "Elefant"-Trams had a "rake" as visible here





which might have saved the life of this woman, experts however argue that under circumstances as above, just the impact as such kills

Sorry, but that's just laughable.

Are you seriously trying to suggest that Zurich's road markings & road safety is worse than say, London, Paris or Milan?

While living in Denmark, I remember one day at a friend's house, I was talking with a train driver. He told me back then, that every train driver in DK witnesses the death of 1.5 people in average in his whole professional life (suicides, accidents).

A nasty one at Lindenplatz last night very close to our flat.
A 66 yr old died after falling between the two connecting units of the (old style)No.2 tram at the L'platz stop and was dragged 70m.

Poor man & poor driver

http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/...story/11351780

Poor man He was just crossing the road and the tram ramed on him..RIP. This also goes to show how fragile our life can be; one minute here and gone the next....

Just to clarify - he was trapped between the two units of the tram - in the middle of the tram. He wasn't rammed by the tram from the front.
I can confirm this as we unfortunately had a clear view of the incident from our appt. :-(..........

I used to think it'd be cool to be a tram driver, but it must be one of the most stressful civilian jobs there is. You have to be constantly on the lookout for wayward pedestrians, cars and bikes, knowing that there's very little you can do to avoid hitting them.

We should have a "Hug a Tram Driver" day.

Was heading home last night and heard all the announcements about the no.2 stopping at Letzigrund and going no further... terrible news.

Not sure how much stock to set in the Tägi article, but it seems to suggest that the guy was drunk...?

Rough translation - Allegedly alcohol was involved. According to witnesses, the man was sat in a bar where he was well known until shortly before the accident.

Selfish, I had to re-route and take the 3 to Fellenberg before getting the 67 home.

These people never think of the inconvenience they cause.

I think that is possibly the most unthinking statement I have ever read.

Dunno if you meant that in jest or seriously. Either way, you're a c...

Groan, seriously? Some drunken funkwit stumbles into a tram and i'm inconvenienced, and that's my fault is it?

I laughed.

Guessing you've never had a bad day? Maybe the guy's dog just died and he had a couple too many. Regardless it's a loss of human life, and if you want to get all thinky about it a lot of folks lost lives directly or indirectly for us to have all the conveniences we have today. Taking a detour to get home is pretty small stuff...

Well at least comments like that show your true colours, eh?

I almost feel sorry for you actually. I mean, it must be f'ing tragic to being you.

It is, especially when I can't get home on time, I missed Corrie FFS.

Actually I'm off for a while.
This place is infested with wankers like you at the moment.

sounds like he did you a favour then