Re: Safety Vests & Level Crossings

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

"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message news:USST6.1159

| Would be interesting to know how many lives have been saved by safety
vests.

It's a negative number.


| Do they in fact encourage unsafe behaviour, just as Volvo drivers feel
| invincible?

The figures could be used to back that up.


| In my recent travels to Thailand and Malaysia, I didn't see safety vests
| worn anywhere around the tracks.
|
| Perhaps we could have safety vests mounted on poles at strategic points
| along the line, like buoyancy rings at wharves, swimming pools etc.  Then
| anyone contemplating venturing on the line would be guaranteed immunity
from
| being squashed, even if they cross the line 10 metres in front of an XPT
| doing 160 km/h
|
| I think if we followed the same logic as safety vests, then all road
| vehicles would be painted bright colours, have flashing strobelights on
top,
| and it would be compulsory to drive with headlights on in daylight hours
(as
| in Sweden and Canada).

Christ, I hope that wanker Harold Scruby doesn't read that!