Re: Cable tram safety

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

A reported teenage prank of the era was drop a tin can & string onto the
groove: the string would snag on the cable, and pull the tin can along the
track.
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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

David Martin <d_martin@mountains.net.au> wrote in article
<366f52aa.0@news.camtech.net.au>...
> Whilst we're on this subject, I have often wondered about the hazard
> presented to pedestrians and bicycle riders by the cable.
> I don't know how wide the slot in the road (for the cable) needs to be,
but
> I would guess that a child's foot or a bicycle wheel could drop in and
> contact the moving cable, with the possibility of nasty injuries.
> Is this known to be an issue?