Fwd: [TramsDownUnder] Near misses and lucky saves: The view from Sydney’s tram drivers’ cabins,Kathryn Wicks,By Kathryn Wicks

From:	'Greg Sutherland' via TramsDownUnder <tramsdownunder@googlegroups.com>

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/near-misses-and-lucky-saves-the-view-from-sydney-s-tram-drivers-cabins-20250810-p5mlpb.html

They're the split seconds between a nasty accident and just evading one. CCTV from NSW's light rail driver cabins shows dozens of near misses as delivery riders, pedestrians and motorists take on 85-tonne carriages cruising along our cities' streets.

Motorists in the Parramatta district – where the light rail connecting Westmead to Carlingford opened last December – have had more near misses with trams in the past year than those in the Sydney CBD and Newcastle.

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Near misses on Sydney's light rail

Footage released by Transport Minister John Graham shows absent-minded or distracted pedestrians oblivious to the dangers.

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