Re: Safety Vests & Level Crossings

["Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>]

"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
USST6.1159$qJ4.46494@ozemail.com.au">news:USST6.1159$qJ4.46494@ozemail.com.au...
> Would be interesting to know how many lives have been saved by safety
vests.
> Do they in fact encourage unsafe behaviour, just as Volvo drivers feel
> invincible?
>
> 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).
>

Or drive with fog lights on, every where any time, that is if you have
them - show them off and bugger to anybody else!!!!

Ted