Re: Train Drivers Life Expectancy

["Nic Doncaster" <nldoncas@cobweb.com.au>]

There is a large body of Australian Research on the effects of fatigue in 
relation to train drivers. This data base is being expanded with a current
research project based on simulator studies.

There is substantial evidence re truckers and crap health. A new book on the
subject from the US notes numerous problems with truckers and fatigue there.

The effects of diesel exhaust are well documented both in press and on the
net.

If people are interested email off line and I will direct them to the
relevant sites

Nic

(consultant ergonomist)

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In article <3a84adfa@news1.idx.com.au>, "Graham Smith"
<dysonsmith@idx.com.au> wrote:


> My grandfather retired from NSWGR back in 1954, aged 60, being one of the
> most senior Eveleigh drivers at the time. He was called in by the Chief
> Mechanical Engineer, who asked why he was going early and not remaining
> until he was 65 as he was entitled to do. His reply was that he wanted to
> enjoy his retirement, not be dead in twelve months like some of his mates
> who had gone to 65. He enjoyed eighteen years of happy, relatively healthy
> retirement, while many of the drivers who featured in the newspapers as
> steam finished and their careers came to an end were indeed unable to enjoy
> a long retirement. It seems to me that the anecdotal evidence about short
> retirements has been around for many decades.
>
> Graham Smith
>