Re: Olympic Loop

[keithm@happy.dca.gov.au (Keith Malcolm)]

In article <01bd15bc$0d7d6ac0$0e4a23cb@locxvcym> "David Proctor" <daproc@bigfoot.com> writes:
>From: "David Proctor" <daproc@bigfoot.com>
>Subject: Re: Olympic Loop
>Date: 31 Dec 1997 07:27:28 GMT



>Keith Malcolm <keithm@happy.dca.gov.au> wrote in article
><keithm.173.34A9E8E8@happy.dca.gov.au>...
>> In article <883538968.911885@fermi.dialix.com.au>
>dab@sydney.dialix.com.au (David Bradshaw) writes:
>> >From: dab@sydney.dialix.com.au (David Bradshaw)
>> >Subject: Re: Olympic Loop
>> >Date: 31 Dec 1997 03:29:29 GMT
>> 
>> >Adam Joyce (NoSpam_adamj@senet.com.au) wrote:
>> >: Alternatively why not have a guard on each platform permanently. Once
>doors
>> >: on both sides of the train are closed, the guards signal to the driver
>that
>> >: there is no obstruction and that he/she may depart. No one would
>therefore
>> >: get dragged along the platform
>> 
>> >Yeah, have an assistant guard (or guard's assistant if you like) 
>> >on Olympic trains, who tells the guard that his side is clear, such that

>> >the guard will know when to signal the driver that both sides are clear.
>> 
>> >David Bradshaw
>> > 
>> 
>> Whats wrong with  the driver watching his side and the guard the other.
>They 
>> use bell signals for right away any way dont they?, o the driver doesn't
>have 
>> to be on the same side as the guard

>I think the issue is who will give the driver the two bells to pull up if
>someone attempts to open the doors on the opposite side to the guard as the
>train is starting to move - this is not something that the driver could
>watch for.


>> David Malcolm 
>> 


>-- 
>Regards

>David Proctor
>daproc@bigfoot.com


Shouldn't the driver be keeping an eye on what the rest of 
the train is doing anyway. It will be him who will take the blame if someone 
is injured or even killed anyway.

David Malcolm