>Jim Gordon wrote:
>>
>> Maurie Daly <mauried@commslab.gov.au> wrote in article
>> <mauried.31.3366896B@commslab.gov.au>...
>> > There have been a number of posts recently about issues relating in NSW
>> to the
>> > DOT and the Rail Safety Act.
>>
>It would seem to me that the sensible way to cope with the accreditation
>of 'foreign' railways in NSW would be to do what the road transport
>authorities have done ie establish an 'exchange' accreditation with
>other States. You can register a car and get a drivers licence in any
>State, and by virtue of this you can legally drive that car in all other
>States - even though the criteria differ from State to State.
>Keep it simple for goodness sake, and it shouldn't be necessary to turn
>any blind eyes or to make assumptions such that 'the land between the
>track fence boundaries on the Deniliquin line is in Victoria' which
>would not stand up in court if ever challenged.
Its interesting that in the road case , ie providing a uniform set of rules, &
standards across State Borders for the Road Freight industry was not without an
enormous amount of resistance by all the States,Victoria especially.
It was only that the Federal Govt threatened to withdraw all Federal Funding
for the National Highway System thats the States came into line,and
reluctantly agreed.
State parochialism is still mighty alive and kicking.
Rail is the last transport area where the States think that they can keep
playing their silly games.
]
cheers
MD
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Maurie Daly
Department of Communications Lab.
Canberra
Australia
mauried@commslab.gov.au
ph 6 2791331
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