Re: Yet another Sydney derailment

["Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au>]

C. Dewick wrote in message <85gffm$5ce$1@lios.apana.org.au>...
>In <387B2C8E.CD7B5251@where.com> who knows <whoknows@where.com> writes:
>
>>Where do I start :). An 8 car K set put the first bogie through the catch
points
>>at Hornsby on No 2 platform ( down Shore) Sydney End at around 6:10 pm
this
>>evening. The rumour circulating round Cityrail was he came in far too
quick into
>>the platform and misjudged it. The driver (*deleted*) is well known with
>>Cityrail inspectors, and I would not be suprised if he is sacked over this
one.
>>Yes it did cause a lot of problems I passed through on a down service to
Berowra
>>at 6:50 pm (which did go to Berowra).. All down shore services were sent
across
>>to No 1 platform. I passed there at 11 pm tonight, again,  and the car was
re-
>>railed, and subsequently in the sheds, but minor track repairs were being
>>carried out.
>
>Put simply, if you are going to post this sort of information, do not hide
>your identity as it will just make CityRail management more anxious to try
>to stop staff (including me) from making any comments about operational
>issues by imposing legal restraints on us. So far no-one has (until this
>posting of yours) actually done something which breaks the law, but I feel
>that your posting does.

Which law would he have broken?

>Regardless of someone's employment record, mentioning a staff member's name
>in the context you have is, I believe, quite illegal,

Under which law? And you quoted his name as well in your reply. Don't get me
wrong, I think it was wrong to post his name, but nothing illegal about it.

> and you could actually
>be sued by Chris for defamation,

Depends on whether or not they can find out who it was who posted it.

> especially if you are a CityRail employee
>yourself and you're just saying what you have because of personal grudges.
>
>Note that I am not defending him as far as his record goes - those in the
>know are aware of who he is, what he's done, etc. - but I *am* defending
him
>as an individual who should not be getting his name attached to a posting
>about an incident when no public statement has yet been issued to the
media.

So you included his name in your reply. Very good.

>You don't see the name of the driver, guard, etc. of every other train
which
>derails thrown out to the public forum do you? ...
>
>Either post messages in future using your real identity (and stop hiding
>behind false domain names, etc.), or do not post them at all. Use some
>common sense and try to bring a bit more integrity to this newsgroup...

Dave