Halton Transport

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RE: Halton Transport

(01/02/2016 16:44)RSTurbo50 Wrote:  Agree totally with the above. Passengers don't seem to realise that it's not easy to just stop when driving a ten tonne vehicle and when approaching lights I always ease off the accelerator but as said above you get to the point of no return when it's safer to actually go through than slam on and cause injuries to passengers being thrown forward. It's even more apparent during wet conditions..

I agree with it as well

It's the same when driving a car or any other vehicle - if the traffic lights are changing and the vehicle behind you is too close then it is far safer to go through than brake to stop for the lights. Something similar happened to a friend I was travelling with recently when the driver in front slammed on their brakes at a pedestrian crossing (actually stopping on the crossing) - when it was safer to go ahead - especially as nobody was actually at the crossing. We had to swerve around them into the next lane (which was fortunately empty) to avoid an accident