032/04

Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Toll NZ Consolidated
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Ensure that the rubber door seals used on the bi-parting doors of passenger cars are of a material type and profile that allows trapped limbs to be freed with minimal discomfort to the person caught between the doors
Reply Text
the currently planned refurbishment of the ADK and ADB fleet will incorporate:

· soft door nosin as are currently fitted to the EM and ET fleet,

· obstacle detection facility whereby if the door encounters an obstruction it stops the door from closing and re-opens it.
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