In the past two weeks, the Big Blue Bus has been involved in three fatalities. Two weeks ago, a Big Blue Bus slammed into a car on Sepulveda Way in West LA carrying three people. Two of them died. Last week, an elderly man was struck and killed while he was crossing Ocean Avenue at Broadway in the crosswalk.
The fatalities have been ruled as accidents. And while the Big Blue Bus hadn’t been involved in a fatality since 1998, some people question if its drivers are being as safe as possible on the roadways.
Residents have reported that buses, including the Metro, are seen speeding, running yellow lights and using their horns way too frequently on the streets of Santa Monica.
So this week, Q-Line question wants to know: “Do think the buses are being driven safely? Why or why not?”
Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less; it might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 6, 2002. Read the original PDF.