Woman hurt, bus windscreen shattered
A bendy bus had its rear windscreen shattered in a minor collision with another bus in Naxxar Road, Birkirkara, this morning.
An eyewitness said the bendy bus was in the bus-bay when it was hit by another bus and the woman inside the second bus was hurt. She was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
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Alexander Pace Gouder.
Oct 26th 2011, 15:25
Wait and see. We will soon hear of such accidents by and between Arriva Buses in B'Kara Rd., St.Julians. I have been sending emails to Arriva about this subject but not even an answer or at least an acknowledgement.. Arriva Buses pass through Mrabat Street and B'Kara Rd., almost every 5 to 10mins in both directions and they get astuck or hit some parked car. Up to now only minor accidents but soon....................So lets wait and see if I am correct. HOPE NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
S.M. Cuschieri
Oct 27th 2011, 12:31
I have to pick up my daughter up from my mother in law's house in sliema and i pass through mrabat street. And believe me, its sheer torture trying to pass when these stupid buses are constantly getting stuck for one reason or another. Mrabat street is bad enough without these buses and I think that the authorities really should find an alternate route for these buses to pass from and not mrabat. it is simply just too narrow. and every ten minutes an arriva bus passes through so imagine the mayhem! I am caught up in it constantly.
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Oct 25th 2011, 22:14
Send ARriva back home. They are a total disaster starting from their management.
They didn't even have planning to train the new drivers.
Shame on all of you
Zagroma Savrene
Oct 25th 2011, 21:22
At this rate, there will only be 1-3 buses still in working order and driving around Malta doing their duties.
Chris Vella
Oct 25th 2011, 20:59
There’s one small difference between the arriva drivers and the old ATP ones. The ATP drivers owned the bus they cared for it. The Arriva drivers are just employees they simply don’t care if the bus gets damaged.
J Bonett
Oct 25th 2011, 20:20
Mr Ray Cassar - it is NOT about who is bigger and who is carrying more people - service or not !! Or who wins !!! Its about road safety ! On daily basis I have to make way for Arriva buses to take my lane - without a sign of indication- its like we do not even exist !!! and I have a child with me ! So YES I drive carefully and respect those around me - and the same should go for the arriva drivers. Drama............think again !
vincent a galea
Oct 25th 2011, 18:51
Have the timing targets imposed on Arriva drivers anything to do with all these accidents??
By the way why do Arriva buses always drive in pairs or even mor all togeher... ???
I was under the impression they do not have enough buses !!
James Hili
Oct 25th 2011, 17:45
Not a day passes without accidents occuring involving Arriva buses. Something must be going seriously wrong here. I ask what level of training was given to the new drivers given the rather hurriedly way in which these had to be certified given the serious staffing shortages? From experience I have been involved in many near misses with Arriva buses who seem to have a knack to still believe that they are King of the Roads like the former bus company drivers!
Ray Cassar
Oct 25th 2011, 18:33
Simple rule of te road for you Mr Hili: the truck is bigger than you and is carrying more people than your car, let it past man! It is not about who is king of the road or who wins, they are doing a public service, are you?Stop your drama and have some of the road respect that we are all to lacking in this country.
Joseph Vassallo, (Bugibba)
Oct 26th 2011, 00:06
@ Ray Cassar:
You are in saying "Let them pass" bit not because they are giving a service and I am not... it's because they are carry an unsecured load that can be thrown about and get injured if you make them brake sharply.
Mr R.E. Saliba
Oct 26th 2011, 08:57
@ Ray Cassar
What you say sounds like fear, not respect.
i.e. Fear of being hit because it's bigger and carrying a heavier payload.
Fear is healthy of course, because it keeps you out of trouble, but you should not minimize the issue.
Saviour Scerri
Oct 25th 2011, 16:34
if any of you moaners care to take a look at the photo the damaged car is a Mercedes. meaning a bendy bus. So it is not at fault. The bendy bus was hit.Comments like many here only show that some moaners only want to put the service in a bad light. No one is saying that it is perfect but it would surely help to comment ( withouot inventing stories) and be proactive in this respect. Where were most of you when we had the other service???? never seen so much talk against it !!!!!!!!
isaac thomas micallef
Oct 25th 2011, 15:58
my friend was on that bus this afternoon and he said she was exaggerating as he was sitting in the middle of the same bus and she was saying that she couldn't walk due to the accident when in fact the bus didn't even move...hahahaha typical maltese ! -.-
hugh jars
Oct 25th 2011, 16:16
compensation comes to mind!!!!!!!!
isaac thomas micallef
Oct 25th 2011, 16:23
defiantly !
Victor Pulis
Oct 25th 2011, 15:24
If there's one thing the buses have working it's the brakes! Standing passengers are in constant danger of finding themselves sitting on the dashboard or out of the windscreen every time the driver hits the brakes!
George Reeves
Oct 25th 2011, 17:03
I went to speak to someone in person about my concerne for passengers safety if such a situation happened. I was told that they comply with HEALTH and SAFETY regulations because passengers are supposed to be holding onto one of the drop down hand rails, or one of the upright post's, so if anyone got hurt in such a situation it would be the passengers own fault for NOT keeping hold of the safety device fitted. The only problem would be if half of the passengers were children and couldn't reach the hand rails provided. I'd like to know how ARRIVA would get out of that.
A Camilleri
Oct 25th 2011, 18:52
@George Reeves
I agree with you entirely. It is not always possible for someone to hold on for long. I have a problem holding my arms up for more than a few seconds at a time as the blood runs out of them and they get painful. I have to change hands constantly when standing on a bus (usually I am carrying shopping with the other hand) and the driver breaks, always at the moment I have to let go. So many times I have fallen on a passenger. It's embarrassing to say the least and definately dangerous. I hasten to add that this was a problem on the old buses too. It's not new for me. I also hate to see small children standing, I always offer either my lap or my seat for them. Apart from the danger of them falling, They get their poor little faces crushed up against someon't bum. It's cruel
FRANS H SAID
Oct 25th 2011, 15:16
Oh shut up all of you - who do you think you are to go against El Supremo and Arriva che non arriva mai.
Franco Debono, we are counting on you.
Mr Noel Seguna
Oct 25th 2011, 14:43
These bendy-buses monsters are terrific - had a personal experience when riding my bicycle near the airport...one of them speeded past thru me and nearly put me off my bicycle...
We used to say that the old drivers are the 'bullies' on the road...let's just hope that no one gets injured
Lawrence Fenech
Oct 25th 2011, 14:18
Arriva busses "bumping cars".
George Azzopardi
Oct 25th 2011, 14:11
tal-biza!! Dawn li pjanaw li jgibu dawn l-karrozi kbar .. fejn huma? Possibli ha nibqaw sejrin hekk?
M camilleri
Oct 25th 2011, 13:54
il bierah kont ghadek bil mutur min valley road ghadiet x3 spararata min mieghi ,tista tahbeb kif tbelhek tara monstru bhal dak gas down min mieghek .
Charles Vella
Oct 25th 2011, 13:50
What a mess!!! However, I smell a dirty rat somewhere... and untill this rat is cought, these man made 'accidents' will continue to happen to put Arriva in the bad light... from 5th November the old bus routes are to be back, however I don't think Arriva will taste the fresh air, because as I said... I smell a dirty rat somewhere in the pages of Arriva...
l vella
Oct 25th 2011, 16:11
You must have a keen sense of smell ! No one wants to put Arriva in a bad light. We only want a decent bus service. Doesnt have to be 'a state of the art', just decent enough so people can feel comfortable with it.
We will see if 5/11 things get better or if its just another merry-go-round.
adrian attard
Oct 25th 2011, 13:45
no news. these things happen everywhere on a daily basis without being discussed online!
DR EMMANUEL BEZZINA,MA,MAG.JUR.[EU Law],LL.D.,
Oct 25th 2011, 13:39
How many times was I harping on the inadequacy of the bendy buses among us and warned that a fatality is not far off: some idiots who see no more than their shadow attempted to ridicule this assertion. These buses epitomise the disaster in public transport brought about by the oncoming of ARRIVA. The latter has become a curse in our public transport and this company should be sent back to where it came from + pay compensation to a Public Fund representing the commuters for the inconveniences suffered daily by such commuters.
ARRIVA - OUT OF MALTA & take with you the Maltese Traitors before they face the wrath of the People.
Charmaine Marmara'
Oct 25th 2011, 15:46
oh sorry btw Charmaine Marmara , mummy , wife , housewife :)
Ray Cassar
Oct 25th 2011, 15:59
A smash ttruck window is hardly a fatality or a disaster Dr Bezzina! Are you be dramatic? Do you know what disaster means? It looks not! Maybe if you say it 1000 times someone will get hurt then you can stand beat your chest and cry I told you so. I was right! But would that real make you more of a man? Why use your voice to stir people up crazy and angry when the most of the people I now talk to on the truck are ok with the journey. Those who not seem to be unhappy about route, or the late because of the crazy traffic we own cause by the 310,000 cars on our roads!!
I ave said this before, you have a brain so please use it, stop the drama, stop the constant complain and put your energy and voice to where it really count. The issue does is has been the routes. Minister Gatt has finaly taken the responsibility for this and is working to fix it. It is about time but give him a chance to do what he said. If you like to shout about the roads try shout to transport malta who need to fix the congestion problem, but who again cannot do that without our help and getting rid of the lots of the 310 thousand cars we have!!!
Maybe in the meantime your drama and shouting could be better use to help fix the big elephant in the room that we are finaally start talking about, the economy and the terrible situation in Europe that may befall our island like Greece and Portugal if we do not start looking at the big danger and doing something about it!
Mr Daniel Jones
Oct 25th 2011, 16:05
Can you not read properly? The bendy bus was in the bus bay. IT was the other bus that hit it. Therefore the fact it was a bendy bus is irrelevant.
Someone else commenting above is suspecting foul play. With the amount of incidents, between these buses it seems they could be right.
After all, the 'old school' drivers couldn't stop the service by not turning up for work, maybe they are trying to do a bit of industrial sabotage.
All I can see is a much improved service from what we had with faults that are being ironed out day by day, a much cleaner environment and a few people moaning because the service isn't run entirely by maltese people.
DANIEL JONES BA(HONS), BRONZE SWIMMING CERTIFICATE, SILVER SWIMMING CERTIFICATE.
Mr mario aquilina
Oct 25th 2011, 16:45
@Daniel Jones
What has your swimming abilities got to do with Arriva. Or could it be that you can save them from going under.
Ivor Ramsden
Oct 25th 2011, 17:57
@ mario aquilina - I think Mr Jones is saying in a tongue in cheek way that Dr Benzina etc etc is not the only person with letters after his name ...
Anthony Borg
Oct 25th 2011, 18:48
(DANIEL JONES BA(HONS), BRONZE SWIMMING CERTIFICATE, SILVER SWIMMING CERTIFICATE).
Perhaps yours was a dig at the original contributor: I hope you are not suggesting we start swimming to arrive at our respective destinations!
Well, taking to the sea is not such a bad idea after all!
Perhaps some entity would come up with a feasible sea-ferry service....consider Cottonera to Valletta. And with the Upper Barrakka Lift in operation, that would take a big slice of traffic off our roads.
Does Arriva Malta Ltd have any seaworthy buses .... well to begin with their corporate colour is Aquamarine...that’s a start, isn’t it! (god forbid).
A Cauchi
Oct 25th 2011, 13:38
Impressive service. First time used it. Needed to go from Mater Dei to Valletta. Took us 45min to arrive. Had a panoramic view of San Gwann on the way.
First and last, better using my car with all the congestion
Charles Sammut
Oct 25th 2011, 13:28
.....and last night at about 7.00pm a number 21 Bus going to Sliema that I happened to be on had a slight collision with a car in Gharghur. Of course this created chaos as the narrow road was blocked and other buses and a number of cars were banked up for a while.
...and the beat goes on...and the beat goes on.....
j brincat
Oct 25th 2011, 13:23
Why did TM accept the bendy buses when they were banned from the streets of London?
Wasn't it obvious that they were never meant for the streets of Malta? A couple, or so, of weeks I saw three of them one lined one after the other at bus stage near Preluna Hotel. Imagine the chaos!
BUT we never learn and THIS after having paid (through taxpayers' money, of course) some Euro 400K to the consultants. They deserve the Order of Merit for this 'bravura'!
(jb)
Geoff Gibson
Oct 26th 2011, 13:03
They were also tested in The Isle of Man (which has a lot less narrow roads and generally better road surfaces compared to Malta) but they were deemed a danger to other traffic, and completely unsuitable. The trial ended and the option to use them was not taken up...
...a year later they turn up in Malta.
Anthony Borg
Oct 25th 2011, 13:15
Everytime I board an Arriva bus it is:
• Very Late to arrive
• Sudden and harsh braking on all routes
• Near-misses with other traffic
• Air-condition not switched on (according to the whim of the driver). The 4 slat windows cannot cope for ventilation.
• The driver does not approach the kerb properly to let passengers off/on safely.
• Some (I repeat “some”) drivers are reverting to the nasty, former habits, like having a radio on. I will not be surprised if “some” will start smoking too.
To sum it all, we Maltese are irresponsible and undisciplined.
As much as enjoying the comfort of an air-conditioned bus and the obvious benefit of new engines, the one and only major problem still remains in the Public Transport system: the drivers. Wait a few more months before rushing to comment back... you will soon know.
Duane Grech
Oct 25th 2011, 14:45
@Anthony Borg imbili ix- xufier jisma radio b mod moderata ma fija xejn hazin, ghax dan x- xufier qed jara l-passjoni t`Alla u mux tal- board ghax hawn erba minnhom dawn ta- board ta, ahjar niqad hawn
Louis Saliba
Oct 25th 2011, 19:34
" ... the one and only major problem still remains in the Public Transport system: the drivers."
Have you quite forgotten the REAL major problems - the routes and time-tables ?
And could you kindly refrain from making sweeping statements such as "we Maltese are irresponsible and undisciplined"? They only serve to label you as one of the unfortunates who suffer from the delusion that foreigners are autiomatically superior beings.
Anthony Borg
Oct 25th 2011, 21:02
@ Mr.Louis Saliba
Hardly sweeping statements: you only need to get on our roads and get personal experiences!
I have been on Arriva buses driven by English drivers and you can immediately sense the difference. Even the braking is progressive and not harsh as is common with our local drivers. We tend to tailgate too much, hence the constant, gut-wrenching braking.
Maybe for you “the REAL major problems – are the routes and time-tables”.
Yes, that too, but these are being addressed and hopefully will be bettered.
But as for the local drivers...I stand by my sweeping assertion.
“Foreigners are NOT superior beings” – they are better disciplined in their line of work.
Mr R.E. Saliba
Oct 26th 2011, 09:03
@ Louis Saliba
Agree
Anthony Camilleri
Oct 25th 2011, 13:10
Typical Maltese gemgem. We never stop complining abiut nything - its ou hibby. Any excuse is good to flog Arriva. How nobody blamed Gonzi yet or this acciden? Accidents happen all the time why this fuss? We all remember the numerous instances of the old busses ending up ithout brakes in places like Mllieha or Sliema. So pse give us a break
A. Cachia
Oct 25th 2011, 13:06
Dizastru Totali!
Censu Filgolli
Oct 25th 2011, 12:57
These new drivers are (mostly) incompetent! They do not know how to handle them, and sometimes do not even care for smaller cars. I have been wedged, not given right of way, and also almost hit by them. I simply shudder when i see them coming! Wasn't this also on the agenda, ie. to get rid of devildrivers?
W Cassar
Oct 25th 2011, 13:17
Very true I can confirm this.
Sarah Grech
Oct 25th 2011, 15:00
Cannot really blame them. They hardly had time to learn to handle them properly.
Se mai, blame the Minister, who wanted to impress, as always and at all costs.
As they say.....Il-qattusa ghaggelija, frieh ghomja taghmel.
C Azzopardi
Oct 25th 2011, 12:52
but now arriva will be doing alcohol and drug tests :)
B Borg
Oct 25th 2011, 12:51
Seeing these Arriva Buses in our streets is difficult to find one without dents, scratches, broken lights, etc. Is hard to believe that most were new just few months ago
James Balzan
Oct 25th 2011, 13:30
Good point
Ned Kelly
Oct 25th 2011, 13:32
They'll be painting them yellow next!
David Galea
Oct 25th 2011, 14:27
As far as I know the Minister stated that arriva buses are not new but reconditioned.
Anthony Pace
Oct 25th 2011, 12:50
It was just waiting to happen. Can noone realise that these buses are too large for the island. Get out Austin with no guts and pull the contract from Arriva. Just keep the small 9m buses for our roads. Get the nedy dangerous buses off our roads and send Arriva packing if you are a man Prime Minister and Minister.
VV Bartolo
Oct 25th 2011, 12:47
kemm konna ahjar meta konna aghar!!
we want our old drivers back ... at least we never had all this mess on our roads!
Joseph Calleja
Oct 25th 2011, 13:43
Get real.
VV Bartolo
Oct 25th 2011, 15:49
I am!
krystle micallef
Oct 25th 2011, 20:40
sewwa qed tghid hafna wkoll! inkunu realistici qatt ma kien ikun hawn dawn l-accidents kollha!
Joseph Pace
Oct 25th 2011, 12:41
It seems to me that bus driving standards leave a lot to be desired, with early signs of reverting back to the old buses' recklessness and bullish approach. In fact most buses already have dents and scratches. It would be interesting to have information of incident/collision statistics relative to buses as compared to previous system/operators, although these will probably not include any 'hit-and-run'/unreported damages.
R Malia
Oct 25th 2011, 12:35
Just terminate their contract and get Hispano here... I just got back from Spain and their bus systems is amazing..
E. Mamo
Oct 25th 2011, 13:06
I went to Spain in 2010 and used the Arriva service, it was excellent aswell. Whatever is happening, it's happening in Malta only.
Mr Johann Cuschieri
Oct 25th 2011, 13:40
R. Malia, Hispano was shortlisted for the bus tender but ................................... OIM
John Spiteri
Oct 25th 2011, 12:34
When is the bus service going to improve? We still have the same silly long routes? It takes hours to board a bus from Valletta in the afternoon and buses are overcrowded that people are sitting in the luggage compartments.
Doreen Rizzo
Oct 25th 2011, 12:32
Xi hadd jista' jispjegali kif, biex iggib licenzja ta' karozza zghira ddum titghallem kwazi sena u wara li jfaqqruk, titla' ghat-test u ma tghaddix ghal darba, tnejn, tlieta... Imbaghad, biex iggib il-licenzja mal-Arriva, taghmel gimgha titghallem... u Alla jbierek tibda ssuq bendy bus li tesa' sebghin ruh.
Xi haga mhix sejra sew! Id-drivers ghamlu l-ewwel gimgha puliti. Illum, bl-ingravata mnizzla, bil-mobile f'idejhom, u x'imkien qrajt li anke kien hemm min ipejjep.
B Cassar
Oct 25th 2011, 12:47
Qatt smajt min jghid li hanzir taqtalu denbu hanzir jibqa. Il-maltin qatt ma kienu ihobbuha id-dixxiplina. Ghalhekk mhumiex kapaci izommu l-istandards iktar u iktar jekk gejjin mill-bus service l-antik. Jiddispjacini nghid imma il-maltin ma jgibux ruhhom ahjar minn qabda moghoz. Kulhadd egoist u kulhadd l-aqwa li jikser ir-regolamenti kollha imbasta ingergru.
George Calleja
Oct 25th 2011, 12:59
Naqbel mieghek fuq hafna affarijiet. Addio d-drivers jidhlu sew fil-bus lanes. Jibqghu nofshom barra ukoll. Imbaghad xi tghidli ghas-sewqan b'certu arroganza ta xi uhud mid-drivers li jaghmlu t-triq kollha taghhom......u warbilhom!
krystle micallef
Oct 25th 2011, 20:48
@ B cassar andek tkun taf li hafna xufiera mil-antiki m madomx hemm ghax hadulom xoghlom! issa m'ghadniex nghidulom igri jasal lulju ha tibda l-arriva ha nehilsu minkom! issa gawdu xufiera godda bla esperjenza fis-sewqan u jkollok rasek mistrieh li tasal! u ghad hawn hafna xufiera barranin! fittxu min huma sewwiqa qabel tiggudikaw u twahhlu fl-antiki mil-ewwel!
Gabriele Brincat
Oct 25th 2011, 12:29
The question is this. If there is a bus in a bus-bay. Why is it that the other driver is trying to overtake the bus. in such a narrow road? people are saying to be patient and wait.. what about these arriva drivers? Are they being patient? Installed cameras are only to fine us drivers or are they being used properly to correct these irresponsible drivers... I am a person in favour of arriva, and my advice was to wait at least 6 - 9 months in order to get such a transition up and running. But these drivers are not being careful as they should be... Indicators are not being used by some drivers, and they pretend that if they decide to overtake (even if in a narrow road) they have to overtake whenever they like pretending that drivers, either reverse or brake at once in order to let them pass. Rules apply to all.... Lets all stick with them
John Spiteri
Oct 25th 2011, 12:35
In Favour of Arriva? Why?
Jon Vercellono
Oct 25th 2011, 12:43
In Sliema, they constantly overtake - but I personally think that the buses would not try to do so if the drivers behind would be patient whilst people alight. Its ridiculous that no one can stop for 1 minute, or press the accelerator immediately as the light turns green without some (obviously important) impatient person honking the horn. This situation looks as though it is not the fault of the buses but quite the opposite, the result of years of turning a blind eye to the abusive practices of private car owners. Arriva drivers should start taking license numbers.
Jms Cremona
Oct 25th 2011, 12:28
U kien hawn min jghid li ix xufiera tal karozzi tal linja li kelna qabel kienu jsuqu bl-addocc .. Almenu ma kienx ikolna dan l-ammont ta ncidenti b'karozzi tal linja involuti... Trakkijiet kbar wisq? jew xufiera b'nuqqas ta esperjenza?
J Farrugia
Oct 25th 2011, 12:28
Hope this will finally put the nail on the coffin of these oversized P.O S that have no place on our island. Seriously they simply don't fit.
F. Aquilina
Oct 25th 2011, 12:25
Jien personalment qatt ma rkibtom, allura ma nistax niggudika. Pero vera nibza meta nkun qed nsuq u nara wahda minnhom gejja. Kemm kienu jghidu ghax tal-linja slavag? Dawn aghar minnhom. Jsuqu gas down u m'ghandhom pacenzja jistennew wara bus ohra... allura xj'ghamlu - jghamlu l-indicator u jaqbdu u jaqsmu n-naha l-ohra bl'addocc - addio min hemm fil-lane l-ohra ghax ma jghatux kaz. Mhux l-ewwel darba li hsibtu ha jibqa diehel fija.
Hemm bzonn li jitghallmu jsuqu izjed bil-galbu, ghax habba f'hekk li qed isiru dawn l-incidenti. Huma periklu kemm ghal-passigieri u kemm ghad-drivers l-ohra.
A Bonett
Oct 25th 2011, 12:18
Last Sunday we where walking in Sliema, when we saw a person running towards the bus stop, as a bus was approaching the stage. However, the bus instead of slowing down to let the passenger board the bus, the speed was increased. Needless to passenger did not manage to board. BUT, a few seconds later we heard a crash-boom-bang. Guess what - the bus driver who was speeding collided into a car, having to stop (and all the traffic) for quite a few minutes !!!
Charles Grima
Oct 25th 2011, 12:12
Ghat-tieni jum infila, Main Street Tarxien illum kinet imblukkata fis-sitta ta filghodu, hekk kif karozza ta l-arriva kaxkret Skoda li kienet ipparkjata KIF SUPPOST.
Imma dawn in nies ma jirrejalizzawx li dawn il karozzi kbar wisq?
Meta ser tisimghu??? Meta.....Meta jkun tard wisq probabbli....
VV Bartolo
Oct 25th 2011, 12:57
same for naxxar road (the main road), san gwann ... traffic jam choc-o-block all day long ... tal-biza!
since when?? ... since arriva took over!
Simon Bonello
Oct 25th 2011, 13:54
Haz-Zabbar dal ghodu wkoll habtet wahda........... u leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !
James Dewar
Oct 25th 2011, 12:04
A crash like this simply should not happen. Unless trhere is some identified brake failure there is absolutely no excuse for such a collision.
R. Bartolo
Oct 25th 2011, 11:58
Seeing all that glass on the road... Who is responsible in cleaning up all those shards?
Why are our roads full of broken glass?
Wardens and police should be responsible enough to ensure that accident scenes are clean and safe before they leave, and therefore avoiding new accidents.
Charles Micallef
Oct 25th 2011, 11:57
Irrespective of this case I regret to note that some bus drivers are reverting back to their old driving buses and arriva will do well to take note before the situations becomes irreversible!
joe cutajar
Oct 25th 2011, 12:28
veru id drivers antiki xorta ghadom ghamlu il bsaten fir rotti
krystle micallef
Oct 27th 2011, 12:38
ha ddumu twahhlu fl-antiki!!! arukaza ghalikom!!! fejn tafu jekk hux l-aniki jew le! kontu maghhom? tiggudawkx mohhkom biex tippontaw subajkom! ridtu l-arriva hadtuwa halluwom lil tas-servizz l-antik! ax ma tghidux li l-arriva qed tati licenzja ta truck bil-passiggieri xi zmien xahar allajbierek! u biex iggib licenzja ta karozza zghira trid fuq sena u nofs!!
A. Borg
Oct 25th 2011, 11:50
Dalghodu ghal xi 10am waqt li konna telghin it-telgha tas-shipbuilding sejrien lejn Rahal Gdid is-sewwieq kien qed issuq bis-speed mhux hazin u kif naslu hdejn ir-roundabout bil-brake li zamm zewg anzjani spiccaw wicchom ma l-art fuq il-floorboard! Ghal-grazzja t'Alla hlief li nkisser in-nuccali ta wahda minnhom kull ma kellhom kien minor bruises. Min jaf kieku jinstallaw is-safety-belts ikunx iktar safe l-izjed ghal anzjani?
M Farrugia
Oct 25th 2011, 11:55
l-ahjar li jew iqabdu xufier li kapaci isuq dawn il-karozzi jew inkella xufiera li jsuq kif suppost. dawn l-incidenti kollha iqajmu certa mistoqsijiet li hadd ma qiewghed jitkellem dwarhom.
Reuben Abela
Oct 25th 2011, 11:47
daw l arriva ma tigihomx wahda tajba
VV Bartolo
Oct 25th 2011, 12:59
did you mean dr austin gatt? poor guy, i really pity him ... obv not where his salary is concern! grrrrr
Francesca Abela
Oct 25th 2011, 11:46
Another one bites the dust! - how many accidents have these new buses been involved in since 3rd July? has anyone got atatistics for increase of traffic pre-3rd July and post 3rd July? as more people take to their cars in lieu of the hopeless Arriva service?
Jon Vercellono
Oct 25th 2011, 12:45
Its far better than being verbally assaulted by the dismally dim-witted former bus drivers every day. At least these drivers can speak English and Maltese properly - not some derivation of I don't know what.
Elena Attard
Oct 25th 2011, 22:35
How in the world is physical injury and broken glass better than verbal abuse??? Like getting hurt do you??