I remember years ago, those blokes were using clapped out ex US army 6x6's
I seam to think those running the service will get BUSted
Can the deceased girls parents sue ?
snoopy221,
Jul 31, 10:40pm
Dunno that i believe the reporting suspect they got the info from carjam As against LTSA and wonder what time it passed and if the COF was actually current at the time of the accident on the 28/07/2018
There had been some speculation the Certificate of Fitness for the crashed bus expired on the day of the crash.
The New Zealand Transport Agency's database showed Saturday, July 28, as the expiry date for the certificate - the commercial and heavy vehicle equivalent of a warrant of fitness.
However, an NZTA spokesperson confirmed the bus had a valid Certificate of Fitness.
When police entered crash details of a vehicle into the database, the certificate expiry was changed to the date of the crash.
serf407,
Jul 31, 11:16pm
Could be potentially be a whole raft of charges. Worksafe might have a go at the bus company for not providing safe equipment for the employee etc. Parents' might have a tort against the ltsa from a authority with responsibility for cof's perspective but the problem might be proving the bus was unsafe when issued with the cof. (i.e Correction department's compensation payments to victim/ widower of Panmure RSA incident) Certainly nz parents should be concerned - is the bus they are putting their child on safe for purpose even if the bus has a current cof?
headcat,
Aug 1, 12:12am
Haven't even swept up the mess and looking to find someone to blame.
azzab54,
Aug 1, 12:34am
Lets hope something can be learnt from this.
tony9,
Aug 1, 1:48am
So 27 inspections in that time, called back (failed) 9 times or 1/3 of the inspections. Seems to be quite OK to me.
tony9,
Aug 1, 1:51am
What do you suggest - a cof before the start of every day?
And what about your car, it may well not be safe even if it has a current wof.
tony9,
Aug 1, 1:53am
I do have one personal theory as to what happened, bearing in mind the road conditions, it explains the honking noise and it involves no fault with the vehicle at all. Will be interesting to see what comes out.
the-lada-dude,
Aug 1, 3:07am
tony9 wrote: I do have one personal theory as to what happened, bearing in mind the road conditions, it explains the honking noise and it involves no fault with the vehicle at all. Will be interesting to see what comes out.[/quote
I think these vehicles are vacuum over hydraulic . ? if so the honking noise maybe the booster failing with a broken hose / part ?
henderson_guy,
Aug 1, 3:57am
Would have been pink stickered as per procedure. Probably cancels the COF once entered
berg,
Aug 1, 4:09am
Damn lol. Somebody is onto it. Been far too interesting watching the bullshit get spouted here to wade in with any facts myself. These days I tend to just sit back and watch people make fools of themselves. Easy to pick those who know what they re talking about
henderson_guy,
Aug 1, 4:33am
I guess you've seen the thread in general? That's a doozy.
morrisman1,
Aug 1, 4:35am
I see stuff are reporting on the inconsistent odometer haha, one incorrect entry. I hope the accident investigators read the article, will save them a lot of work
gammelvind,
Aug 1, 4:57am
And we share the roads with these superstars!
sr2,
Aug 1, 5:09am
Loosing air on a air over hydraulic system would only result in loss of assistance, not a pedal to the floor scenario?
Jap import buses. no spring brakes and little in the way of rollover protection. should be banned.
henderson_guy,
Aug 1, 6:14am
You think NZ built buses or British imported buses have any better rollover protection?
sr2,
Aug 1, 9:16am
How do you fit spring brakes to an air over hydraulic system?
solarboy,
Aug 1, 10:26am
"Mr Hatch said he worked with many Mitsubishi Fusos in his time and most were fitted with hydraulic brakes." What else would they be - cable operated? I'm guessing Mr Hatch's comment was mis-quoted or abbreviated .
sr2,
Aug 1, 8:12pm
The brakes are hydraulically actuated but the inline-servo (i.e. booster) is air over hydraulic.
socram,
Nov 6, 8:02pm
Travelling overseas, there are several countries we have been to when seat bets for bus passengers are mandatory fitments - and must be worn.
You are correct though, I don't think many buses have good roll over protection.
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