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I assume one danger is a driver thinking 'oh it's just the poppys I can see' and then have a SPAR at the signal just ahead (showing YY in the photo)
Complacency is dangerous. Confusion is dangerous.
I suspect in that case, the other wheel on the same axle would have been a factor. It would still be round, and by virtue of being intact, larger. This would introduce additional forces into play to enable complete or intermittent rotation of the damaged wheel.
Could it also be that on the weekend, all the stock moves from Crofton can go via Brighouse but there aren't the paths on a weekday meaning they run via New Pudsey and they may well not be cleared that way yet.
Utter crap. A database tracking ID number, Type and validity dates is trivial and fast. Give me a working week and I'd have one built to an enterprise performance level.
Nothing, but it would be fought and contested by the union (s). If they'd already agreed to allow it as part of a pay deal, their hands would be tied and unable to protect their members effectively.