A320 captain reported he had to brake abruptly to avoid a collision with ground vehicles during taxi...

Attributes
ACN	1449868
Time
Date	201705
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 389
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Cleared left; cleared right; turned on taxi light; started taxi. Multiple vehicles failed to realize we were moving; had to press brakes abruptly causing one flight attendant to bump up against forward galley; and other flight attendant falling into the another flight attendant in back galley. No reported injuries. Ramp tower observed all this going on. Several vehicle numbers were given to ramp tower.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Captain reported he had to brake abruptly to avoid a collision with ground vehicles during taxi at ORD.

Narrative: Cleared left; cleared right; turned on taxi light; started taxi. Multiple vehicles failed to realize we were moving; had to press brakes abruptly causing one flight Attendant to bump up against forward galley; and other FA falling into the another FA in back galley. No reported injuries. Ramp tower observed all this going on. Several vehicle numbers were given to ramp tower.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A320 captain reported he had to brake abruptly to avoid a collision with ground vehicles during taxi at ord.