B737 flight crew reported airport ramp traffic does not stop for aircraft pushing back from gate int...

Attributes
ACN	1664411
Time
Date	201907
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 170 Flight Crew Type 4055
Person 2
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 187 Flight Crew Total 4730 Flight Crew Type 4730
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Once cleared to taxi to bravo north from [gate] after push tail south; the captain turned on the taxi light. There were at least 20-30 vehicles of all types including buses that just drove right next to us on the service road between the gate and taxiway. The captain turned on all the lights and nobody stopped; looked or bothered to stop and wait for us. We told ramp tower we were going to wait as the wing usually swings over the service road during turn out. It would have hit a vehicle if we had done that. It was around 3 minutes we waited for the traffic to stop. It never did; we ended up waiting until there was no more traffic. Ramp tower said it's a continual problem at the airport and they are supposed to stop once our taxi light is turned on so we can taxi out without hitting a vehicle driving next to us on the road. I've seen this as a continuing problem. There is an utter lack of concern for airplanes at ord. So we waited until the road cleared. We were single engine taxiing and that could cause a jet blast issue as well.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported airport ramp traffic does not stop for aircraft pushing back from gate into vehicle roadway causing potential safety hazard.

Narrative: Once cleared to taxi to Bravo North from [Gate] after push tail south; the Captain turned on the taxi light. There were at least 20-30 vehicles of all types including buses that just drove right next to us on the service road between the gate and taxiway. The Captain turned on all the lights and nobody stopped; looked or bothered to stop and wait for us. We told Ramp Tower we were going to wait as the wing usually swings over the service road during turn out. It would have hit a vehicle if we had done that. It was around 3 minutes we waited for the traffic to stop. It never did; we ended up waiting until there was no more traffic. Ramp Tower said it's a continual problem at the airport and they are supposed to stop once our taxi light is turned on so we can taxi out without hitting a vehicle driving next to us on the road. I've seen this as a continuing problem. There is an utter lack of concern for airplanes at ORD. So we waited until the road cleared. We were single engine taxiing and that could cause a jet blast issue as well.

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.