Worth a try
Worried about the performance of its drivers, Tri-Met is reportedly considering new safety enhancements that would be implemented in partnership with the Portland Water Bureau.
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Comments (12)
Better yet, they should work with the Bureau of Environmental Services. Filling those bowls with pee pee would definitely encourage drivers to slow down.
Posted by Doc Golightly | May 31, 2010 12:38 PM
I'm with doc on that one. Back in the late 70's I trained ambulance drivers with a golf ball on a tee.
Posted by dman | May 31, 2010 1:03 PM
Please do not give Ranbo any new ideas for spending more money.
Posted by Frankie D. | May 31, 2010 1:44 PM
Oh Gawd! To funny!
Posted by AL M | May 31, 2010 2:00 PM
The dangling water might discourage them from using their brakes. It seems like that's the main problem with TerrorMet already.
Posted by lie2me | May 31, 2010 2:09 PM
Just remember Jack, when THIS happens to one of us we will sik our lawyers on you!
Ha!
Posted by AL M | May 31, 2010 2:49 PM
I dont see how this will work with the current state of the roads in Portland. The water will be gone in the first 5 minutes, regardless of what the driver does.
Posted by Jon | May 31, 2010 3:17 PM
And if they spill the water, SamRand will have to raise sewer rates to deal with the increased stress on our big pipes.
Posted by Garage Wine | May 31, 2010 3:33 PM
Better yet, instead of filling it with water, fill it with the outflow from the Portland Loo. That would be sooooo innovative that I am sure fireman randy would win many awards and could justify travel to Europe to demonstrate the new "invention".
Posted by Frank | May 31, 2010 8:20 PM
TriMet would have staff study it and design special driving pans.
TriMet would then have some company build them and get stuck investing in the company to complete the pan order.
At the end of the day TriMet would be bragging about their friggin pans that ended up costing $3136.27 each.
Soon after arrival of the pans a simple dash mounted electrical device to do the same thing would be available for $41.00.
With the pans not being used employees start making off with them.
Then they start showing on on bike contraptions and on Hawthorne store decorations and flower pots.
A year after the the pans arrived TriMet
puts advertising on their buses celebrating the one year anniversary of the pans.
It reads,
"The Pans Work"
"Celebrating 1 year of Pans"
Fred Hansen reads about it online form his retirement in Australia and thinks, "that's really pantastic".
Posted by Ben | May 31, 2010 11:06 PM
You gotta admire the insight though -- using continuous feedback to the operator instead of pretending that you can lecture/"train" behavior change.
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | June 1, 2010 9:10 AM
Good to have some creative storytelling and humor.
Thanks Ben.
Posted by clinamen | June 1, 2010 8:01 PM