Luas releases video of crashes and near misses

[@c02615223]

1:25 - Imagine being the parent of a child, you're crossing a Luas track, you don't check to see what's coming and what's worse is you let the child go first.

[@davraheal6606]

Grand Theft Luas

[@joshuaW5621]

There should be a Luas in Grand Theft Auto.

[@YoutubeUser..]

Scary but a pretty cool video. Does anyone know the stopping distance of the Luas, its seems to be able to stop almost immediately, unlike a car?

[@freesunshineacid7]

She takes premium dude

[@CrafteG]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_brake

[@carlybailey7827]

Because its a tram so it would slow down faster than a train

[@YoutubeUser..]

@@CrafteG thanks

[@thefluffyoctopus5543]

I've been on it, if there is an emergency there is an instant stop which freezes the whole thing in about 2 seconds from what I've experienced. An emergency stop

[@christopheroshea8306]

Let Us Arrive Safely

[@dashcamdude6690]

People wearing headphones while cycling had a hugh part to play in thoses accidents

[@seanbonella]

as well as drivers listening to loud music...

[@gamingheston2]

Dose the luas even have emergency brakes

[@thehairysnot8069]

Trains on roads is too complicated for the Irish brain

[@eddiesweetman]

lol

[@killervacuum]

I'm assuming since the train has a "green light", the other direction has a red one? is it not prominent enough?

[@tramlink8544]

you'll be surprised how often people just ignore red lights

[@ferghalicious1480]

0:48 some shoulder

[@whaleoilbeefhookedmain7672]

I want to watch loads of these, I hope there's more. when those trams go by one another, I think *imo* thats when people are most vulnerable, apart from the gobshites that don't even look & simply walk onto the tracks. Parents gotta drill the dangers too into those little kids on bikes when near the tram tracks. ✌️

[@thefluffyoctopus5543]

Just checked this video to see if I was in it, can't tell you how many times I was almost on the underside of a luas lmaaao

[@Fcutdlady]

My uncle was a bus driver. He used to call the likes of you suicidal pedestrians.

[@unitedrail-mainchannel8991]

@@Fcutdlady facts

[@BobbyDazzler-wp9pf]

He has sile Lucas

[@dannyblake5089]

Look right and left kids

[@des_smith7658]

Live and learn, and a Darwin consolation prize for the rest

[@1harryrobert]

Simple people. Brain has been removed

[@mrandy5447]

Cyclist scooters mostly and people still laughing about making them to buy insurance or proper driving course

[@treborsirrah7916]

drove a taxi in Dublin for 4 years most stressful job ever ,i used to pray for rain to get those cyclists off the streets, then the walking dead on drugs hoping you would hit them, so they could get a claim in, nightmare

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

The arrogance of the cycling movement is beyond comprehension at this stage. Time to scrap Motor Tax and replace it with Road Tax so as to include cyclists. Adult cyclists should also require insurance.

[@seanbonella]

drivers are worse, fact

[@PaulJakma]

The first case, it's a child in an urban area: The LUAS simply must be able to stop in time to allow for kids to do that - the speed must be kept as low as required to account for that.

[@petermuller5800]

The kids simply must be KEPT AWAY from LUAS tracks! That's the job of the parents. Parents must teach their kids that train/tram tracks are no playground area. Just like busy roads.

[@PaulJakma]

​@@petermuller5800 No, places where people live should be safe for kids. That means vehicles should travel at speeds where they can safely stop within the distance they can see any kids that might be running around. The onus on safety must be on the operators of the high-energy vehicles, and on the engineering of the environment. What you're proposing simply does not work.

[@petermuller5800]

@@PaulJakma That's true for cars. They can break fast & drive around a kid. The LUAS is on tracks (metal wheel on metal track) with very low friction, even more so when it rains. It can't "drive around" and avoid kids, so kids must avoid the LUAS. What you're suggesting would slow down the LUAS to ~5km/h & make it very unattractive to any commuter. One solution would be to build high fences around the LUAS tracks, with gates/barriers at pedestrian crossings. This would cut & divide whole neighbourhoods. Another solution is: Educate people, so they take care & avoid the LUAS. Such "education on urban traffic" should start in Kindergarden at early age, and should be continued at home by every parent.

[@PaulJakma]

@@petermuller5800 Then it must go slowly.

[@petermuller5800]

@@PaulJakma ?

[@gerarddeegan1164]

😬 they should.have built a underground train system rather than the luas theirs buses and cars using the rail tracks that the luas is on.causing such incidents buses and cars using a light rail system and luas trams all at once only in ireland we want a underground metro instead since the luas in dublin.opened it has being.besiged with accidents

[@pipeqez911]

Yeah because of idiots on the road, all of these are the other peoples fault. Not the luas.

[@samnicholson5051]

Or you could just give the trams a priorititised right of way like they do in other countries. Zurich is a similar size city to Dublin that gets by fine with street trams and no underground.

[@des_smith7658]

There's too many stops for the underground system

[@gerarddeegan1164]

@@des_smith7658 every underground train system in the world has many stops thats what their built for ?????🙄 to pick people up

[@des_smith7658]

@@gerarddeegan1164 it's very expensive though

[@Ludydobry]

this could have been an epic video with millions of views if they just didnt cut every single one at the best part....

[@motive1236]

They don’t get hit the LUAS stops just before them. You miss nothing.

[@des_smith7658]

They cut that even when people do get hit

[@wolf.9440]

All paid with claims I'd say too