Re: Safety Vests & Level Crossings

[Mark Bau <markbau@earthlink.net>]

in article 3b208a98$0$25512$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au, Tezza at
tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au wrote on 6/8/01 2:20 AM:

> "Mark Bau" <markbau@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> B745BBA5.7FEE%markbau@earthlink.net">news:B745BBA5.7FEE%markbau@earthlink.net...
> | For those that sit in an office all day it is easy to poo poo safety vests
> | but as someone who has worked around heavy machinery practically all of my
> | working life I know they are a useful safety item.
> |
> | Their main function is for an operator of a machine that he might see
> | someone in a dangerous position a split second earlier than someone
> dressed
> | in clothes that blend into the background. Sometimes seeing a bright vest
> | out of the corner of your eye a second than that person would otherwise be
> | seen can mean the difference between injury or death and nothing
> happening.
> 
> Not where trains are concerned.
> 
> 
What the hell are you talking about? If I'm running a train and because
someone is wearing a safety vest I see him a second earlier than I would
otherwise and can get on the horn and alert him of my presence a little
earlier I just may save a life. If visibility doesn't matter why do we have
our headlights on even during the day?

Mark