Calls for bleed kits to be installed in every major bus station and on bus routes in areas affected by serious violence have been backed by the London Assembly.
These kits were designed for warzones - that they are wanted in transport hubs tells you all you need to know about the safety of public transport in London these days.
Assembly Members unanimously passed a motion requesting that Transport for London (TfL) to work with the London Ambulance Service (LAS) to ensure the kits will be made available across the network. Bleed control kits help stem severe bleeding from deep wounds before emergency services arrive – a "potentially valuable method of saving lives".
Is it saving valuable lives though?
The motion is non-binding, which means the mayor is not obliged to implement the recommendation.
Well, surely they’ll agree, since they won’t want their oh-so-valuable diversity killing one another off…
Elly Baker, Labour's transport spokesperson proposed the motion. "I've heard too often from young people that they don't always feel as safe as they should do travelling," she said. "Passing this motion will show that we are listening to young people and backing the investigation of a potentially valuable method of saving lives."
Yes, let’s not find ways of stopping the stabbing, let’s just make it less potentially lethal when they do it.
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