Re: Indian Pacific hits freight train - Who's the Responsible Investigating body?

[pbeam@lisp.com.au (Peter)]

On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 00:15:38 +1000, "Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>
wrote:
>
>> So we now enter the new railway age, with more questions than answers!
>> But regardless, the Railway is still the Safe way.
>>
>> regards, GF
>>
>
>No Safeway(s) is a supermarket chain, (Woolworths to you crow eaters).
>
>It funny (well not really), but all these accidents and the arguements of
>who is responsible seem to be come to the fore since the introduction of
>Open Access.
>
>I've been in this industry for 36 years, we had our accident in the past,
>but the frequency has increased (well I think so) enormously since the
>opening up of the rail industry to the private players!!!
>
>Why is this so????
>
>Cost cutting, increased work loads, longer hours (read crew fatigue), profit
>taking????????????????????????????????
>
Here in NSW in the area that I'm in we have had two cases where NRC
crews haven't followed the safeworking. NRC crews run long distance
and long hours that go with the long distance, with little or no
chance for relief, so they appear not to be to concerned with doing
the right thing, just getting to their destination. Of course no NRC
employee would criticize NRC, because if they di they would be
ostracized by his so called work mates.