Last week's photos of Auckland bus drivers blatantly running red lights - and endangering the lives of pedestrians - has provoked plenty of feedback via your letters, email, comments online and around the water cooler.
But there's talk going on at the bus companies with the drivers concerned, after we photographed five incidents, in less than two hours, of buses deliberately running red lights at the Albert St/Wyndham St intersection. (If you missed it, it's online at theaucklander.co.nz.)
Shane McMahon, chief operating officer for NZ Bus, told The Aucklander after seeing our story that his company (which owns the GoWest, NorthStar and Metrolink snapped breaking the law) began an investigation to identify the drivers in the photos. "Safety is our first priority and all complaints of this nature are taken very seriously and fully investigated," Mr McMahon said.
He said drivers who break the law are disciplined as part of the company's formal disciplinary process. He was not able to say what would action would be taken against the drivers pictured in our photos.
"The outcome of any disciplinary action will remain a private matter between the company and the employee," he said.