Wayne Brown unveils bus driver safety screens

[@europe86]

Sad that this has had to be implemented in New Zealand.

[@MarthaWalker-j4v]

Very 😢

[@brandon5012]

meth fueled monsters everywhere.

[@pinkybar7328]

go to europe its been the norm for ages,buses come like that when made,we are the idiots

[@tls4022]

Crime is increasing in the big cities and if National don't hurry up and do something about it, it will worsen in the years to come.

[@DallasRabot]

While I think this is a good move, those in power also need to address the undying cause.

[@Abc1231x1]

Well done Mr Brown

[@kiranmurs]

This is such a sad thing to see.

[@nataliechilds4259]

Degradation, that's the word I'd use, to sum up our society.

[@MikeJones-m6r]

Anarchotyranny is a more fitting description.

[@Walt-ol2yd]

Safe for the driver but what about passengers?

[@93lornamae]

Bus driver is on it 45 hours a week.

[@WeWuzWolvez279]

Petrol stations next I guess.

[@dadcooks1347]

This is a Judicial issue, Judges are soft on criminals. If there are no consequences this is what you get

[@davidman001]

What I’m curious about now is how to deal with passengers who hop on without paying. It’s common to see the same old excuse of “oh sorry my card isn’t working, can I hop on?” or just running in without care. What, is the bus driver going to tell them they can’t go on? Like those people would listen.

[@stillissac]

much rather fare evaders than bus drivers working in unsafe conditions

[@jonymanay]

Have a swipe in gate turnstyle to get on the bus.

[@itsObiwankenobi]

2:14 Declined lmao

[@2familiesincambodia423]

yea there really is nothing good to say about the safety screens. it is extremely disappointing that they needed to be installed.

[@lancey1053]

It started with the banks, some stores now have jail bars.

[@RocknRo11Vox110]

What a Damm Shame.

[@brandon5012]

Unfortunately dairy's need safety screens now.

[@spring802007]

Not just safety screens but some self protection gear as well :) As lot many dairy shop owners are immigrants who have also to support families back home :( Their families rely on them !!

[@brendanfennell3552]

The first installation of Bus Driver Assault barriers was in West Norwood in London in 2008 with over 400 Acrylic Assault Screens installed over one weekend, and yet some 16 years later Auckland Transport itself finally decides it's time to protect the stressed out Bus staff from aggravated passengers assaulting the Drivers

[@brentsummers7377]

Exactly! In San Francisco and the wider Bay Area the bus companies had those screens installed years ago.

[@W00IS-J]

Yep. They've been busy wasting their money on other stuff. Well better late than never.

[@Chris-d6m6o]

Lol london? San Francisco? Both those cities have more people then the whole of NZ.

[@Purgatoryson123]

Good job, seems that society is sick and cannot control actions towards vulnerable workers who are easy targets

[@janicem8543]

Great to see!

[@tamaracardon-smith9230]

You can thank the government politicians for all this crime and who they let into our beautiful country..

[@W00IS-J]

I don't think immigrants were the ones making assaults in public transport? Get a grip man.

[@smoked9640]

Instead of putting these screens up, how about tackling crime itself instead of work arounds? Be harsher on crime and dumbasses would stop assaulting people.

[@MikeJones-m6r]

Anarchotyranny doesn't address crime, it needs crime to distract the public.

[@MikeJones-m6r]

Anarchotyranny doesn't work like that.

[@KMVNZ23]

UK, have these.

[@ALxdCr4ftPlays]

This is New Zealand

[@tippersimracing6070]

​@@ALxdCr4ftPlaysThey are not saying it is the UK.

[@brentsummers7377]

@@ALxdCr4ftPlays NZ does things so efficiently😂🤣

[@Chris-d6m6o]

Cool, they have an epidemic of stabbings too.

[@owenmcintyre9299]

Please examine and investigate Caeayaron and Suzanna Maria Emmanuel

[@Simon-us8wn]

I think a lot are disappointed in what he has done. I left my job because I got physically assaulted early morning in the city/ Just outside my workplace at Pullman Hotel, the council and my workplace didn't want to do anything to help the area be safe. It was a good job and i wanted it but not going to risk my life being held at knife point at 2am and have to deal with someone that is on drugs during my way back to car . I did a police report. They told me they have more cases going on and mine wasn't important enough. This was the same night a few months a go someone got stabbed in city and later died.

[@Kiwi_NZ610]

I think the uk has those screens too i believe.

[@Froggability]

Not required in rural NZ, what's with city folk?

[@hirainawhaanga6253]

Aussies is years ahead of you s ...safety of workers first.

[@Kiwibloke2025]

Only 50 years behind the rest of the world