Re: Drunk cityrail driver

[<iyb@dingoblue.net.au>]

Here here!!!
 More to the point if the I was the driver involved YOU would have already
heard from my law firm.
Back to my original post, I really think you should seek URGENT MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
As Dave Proctor correctly pointed out you were and still are the perpetrator
of unfounded and inflammatory and more than likely illegal statements.
"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
DIV%5.112863$IP1.3718203@news1.giganews.com">news:DIV%5.112863$IP1.3718203@news1.giganews.com...
> <thebaron@nospam.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> news:91p4uq$2eun$1@pc1762.alcatel.com.au...
> > Ah so there's other reason's for breath testing than assuming the
drivers
> > pissed :) There must have been some sort of incident down the line.
Funny
> > how a well thought out answer can enlighten someone who doesn't
understand
> > normal procedure for safeworking incidents.
>
> From your original post (left at the bottom for posterity): "The train
would
> be held until they arrived. bit of a worry, anyone hear what happened.
You'd
> have to assume the guard reported him and was scared half to death."
>
> YOU were the one making wild accusations about the driver being drunk and
> making insinuations about his driving. You have admitted that you do not
> understand normal procedure for (handling) safeworking incidents, so you
> were the one that went off half cocked. If you had come in and asked a
> general question "Why would they be doing this" you might have got some
> civil responses, as it was you are lucky you weren't flamed somewhat more
> severely.
>
> Dave
>
> > Rod [comtrain] <freight_man@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > Of course, only if you like to believe the worst.
> > > It is actually normal proceedure for Drivers to be breathalised after
a
> > > safeworking incident.
> > > As an example, if a signalman returned a signal to stop, and the
driver
> > > passed the signal. The signalman when being made aware of his mistake
> might
> > > deny that he had, and the Driver is reported as passing a signal at
> Danger.
> > > The Driver will then be breathalised. Similarly if someone is hurt
> getting
> > > on or off the train, or it is derailed, or involved in any accident.
> > > Recently when a semi trailer derailed my train, by climbing underneath
> my N
> > > Class, I was breathalised, by the Police, as well as being blood
tested
> on
> > > arrival at Albury base Hospital. So Sir think the best not the worst,
We
> > > carry millions of people all over Australia every day, safely, and
even
> > > Sydney, with all its present day problems, is among the top suburban
> Rail
> > > Sytems in the World.
> > > <thebaron@nospam.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > > news:91k65u$ej$2@pc1762.alcatel.com.au...
> > >> Yesterday i was listening with my new scanner and heard that the
police
> > >> had been called to breathalise the driver of a cityrail train due to
> > > arrive
> > >> at platform 18 at central at 10.57am yesterday morning. The train
would
> > >> be held until they arrived. bit of a worry, anyone hear what
happened.
> > >> You'd have to assume the guard reported him and was scared half to
> death.
> >
> >
>
>