Re: Woman dies after being hit by tram

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

"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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| Like the Manly ferry yesterday, the autopilot had a malfunction.  More
| seriously though, why aren't modern trams fitted with lifeguard and gate
| mechanisms like the old W class.  Pedestrians knocked down by a tram would
| hit the gate section, the lifeguard drops onto the track and scoops up the
| hapless victim before they get sliced under the wheels.  You simply pull
the
| bruised and battered body off the lifeguard, the driver gets back into the
| cab, stomps on the resetting pedal, clang clang and he's off again.

Some hours later after the cops had finished their investigation.