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'Pedal confusion' may have been the cause of a driver accelerating rather than braking when he killed Melissa Burr.
The safety committee was told that electric buses accelerate much more quickly than diesel buses. Tom Cunnington, head of bus development at TfL, said “pedal confusion” had been an issue for years.
He said: “With electric propulsion — whether it’s hybrids or pure electric vehicles — it’s potentially more damaging when it does happen, because the power of an electric bus and its acceleration is much greater, and possibly gives the driver less time to respond to it.”
The committee was told that research was under way into the layout of the pedals and that the drivers’ union Unite was being consulted.
In-bus CCTV for drivers' foot movements:
There is now CCTV in the driver’s cab which allows footage of the driver’s foot movements to be analysed after a crash.
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/victoria-station-bus-crash-london-one-dead-b949970.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58097961
Bus crash at Victoria Station this morning. RIP unknown female pedestrian. Thoughts with your loved ones.