Inquest hears bus ticket machine creates blind spot

The family of a woman who was crushed by a bus has called on Bus Éireann to review the positioning of ticket machines in its fleet after it emerged that one of the devices blocked a driver’s view seconds before the tragic accident.

Inquest hears bus ticket machine creates blind spot

The design of the roads around Cork’s main bus station at Parnell Place also played a role in the death of Monica Bennett last year, Cork City Coroner’s Court heard yesterday.

Two Garda experts told city coroner Dr Myra Cullinane that the positioning of the ticket dispensing machine on the dashboard of the coach created a significant blind spot and impaired the driver’s vision of the exact area of the vehicle which struck the victim.

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