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Re: Glenbrook lessons still unlearnt, says expert




Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> There is a good article by Roger Ford in the latest Modern Railways about
> railway fatalities, and what should be counted and what should be
excluded.
> Well worth reading. I don't think that you should count retards going
> through crossings in the count - it is not the railways fault after all,
and
> is something which is beyond the ability of the railways to control.
>
> People falling from trains because of a lack of central locking (as
happened
> on Countrylink) should be counted though, as it was something that the
> railways had the power to prevent.
>

But the statement was .... on the NSW rail system. The responsibility for
the deaths wasn't mentioned, and therefor in this case is irrelevant.

Dave Malcolm

> Dave
>
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