Re: Rail tragedy triggers review of crossings

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Paul Jones" <dj_wiseguy2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| 19, 12 from nsw..

But the cops are going to have a big blitz in the metropolitan area. Hang
on, aren't most deaths in holiday periods country drivers in country areas.
They wouldn't be revenue raising again would they.



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| "Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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| > "David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
| > 3AD101B8.D3101BD5@fang.omni.com.au">news:3AD101B8.D3101BD5@fang.omni.com.au...
| > > The deaths of five men in January when their car and an XPT train
| > > collided has prompted a review of the State's 1,000 railway level
| > > crossings and a doubling of funding for safety improvements. The
| > > Transport Minister, Mr Scully, has asked the parliamentary Staysafe
| > > committee to inquire into the "status" of crossings, factors
| > > contributing to crashes and what education is needed for motorists.
| > >
| > > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0104/09/national/national11.html
| >
| > <joke>
| > Isn't saying "XPT train" a bit redundant, like ATM machine or PIN
number??
| > </joke>
| >
| > Seriously, maybe as part of driver education the basic laws of physics
| should
| > be taught, particularly the principles of impulse and momentum.  After
| all,
| > too many drivers get too complacent on the roads (I've had to scrape
some
| of
| > them up).  Big train, weighing several hundred tonnes, travelling at
| 160km/h,
| > is going to turn a car, weighing a tonne, maybe two, into razor blades
| without
| > much of a bump.
| >
| > Maybe the motto for the next advertising campaign (not that they work)
| should
| > be "The train won't stop.  You must.  Otherwise, it'll win."
| >
| > Do we just view level crossing accidents as Darwinism in action?
| >
| > Bit off topic, but how many deaths are we expecting next weekend?
| >
| > Al
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| >
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