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Created: January 21, 2021 02:47 PM
Bus drivers in the Twin Cities are using duct tape to address a dangerous safety issue that Metro Transit has known about and even warned drivers about for several years but has yet to fix.
Records obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES show that large metal panels on the sides of some buses are prone to fly open while en route, leaving a three-foot piece of metal sticking out from the side of the bus like a giant knife.
The significance of this safety issue first came to light last year after an independent arbitrator reviewed a serious accident involving a Metro Transit bus and determined the agency has not done enough to keep those panels from popping open.