![]() ![]() ![]() "The variety keeps you fresh and avoids complacency. "Passengers should be concerned because they are driven by people whose skills are being eroded and they are less engaged with their job," he said. The driver said he was worried the changes could end in tragedy. Metro Trains says driver rosters adhere to strict limits based on safety requirements. "We've already had instances where drivers have run express through a particular station five times - on the sixth when they are supposed to stop - they have barrelled through it, because a human reaction like that is inevitable." "There have already been far more rookie mistakes made, a lot more signals have been passed and a lot more platform overshoots," he said. He said that increased the risk of driver error because of complacency and reduced alertness. One experienced Metro Trains driver - who did not want to be named out of fear of losing his job - said in 2015 drivers would be assigned to drive four different tracks a day across the network.īut now many are forced to repeat the same line three times in a single shift. The outraged rail workers said they resigned in protest against new rostering rules and warned of the danger of fatalities when drivers were forced to drive on the same track multiple times a day. ![]() The mass exodus follows an agreement struck between the union and Metro Trains earlier this year that drivers say has put the community at risk. ![]()
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