Review underway after car drives along notorious Adelaide busway
It is the second time this year a car has driven on the bus-only trackSA Public Transport Authority executive director Scott White told ABC Radio Adelaide the Mercedes-Benz sedan entered the bus-only O-Bahn track at Park Terrace in Gilberton about 4:45pm on Monday, drove along the track, and exited 10 minutes later at Klemzig.
He says it was "pretty fortunate" the car made it off the tracks without assistance, with other incidents requiring cars to be removed.The incident was captured on video and posted on social media.He said despite widespread attention, cars driving onto the tracks was unusual."They're very rare, but obviously one is one too many," Mr White said.In August, a crane was used to remove a car that had driven onto the O-Bahn at Paradise and had rolled at Hope Valley.
"... Whilst these incidents do get a lot of attention from the public and from the media, the reality is we can't unfortunately build our infrastructure to guard against the very small number of motorists that are either deliberately ignoring the warnings or failing to pay attention to that extensive signage, so it is a difficult one."
SA Police said they were investigating the incident, but at this stage no charges or fines had been issued.
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