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Re: Safeworking Rules.
- Subject: Re: Safeworking Rules.
- From: "Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 11:17:32 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
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nobody <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message
3875615b@pink.one.net.au">news:3875615b@pink.one.net.au...
> Some staistics for safety of transport in 1997 (by no. of fatalities)
> Australia
>
> lowest fatalities: Air
> 2nd lowest: bus
> 3rd: rail
> 4th: car
> 5th: pedestrian
> 6th: taxi
>
Based on what? Per passenger-kilometre??? Likelihood of an accident in a
journey of a certain length? What about taking charges into consideration -
it is much more expensive (and probably safer) to fly Sydney-Melbourne than
to go by train, bus or car, but you're paying for the extra safety because a
significant portion of the plane fare would be accounted for by costs of
compliance with extremely rigid safety regimes, including wages of staff
whose only function is safety (e.g. the co-pilot in a plane or 2nd person in
a train). That would be the only fair comparison. Otherwise, riding in
horse-drawn wagons is probably the safest in absolute terms!!
Rgds
Ron BESDANSKY