Re: Day of the roses

["jgnestor" <86367@one.net.au>]

The train was, I believe, doing 49mph on a 50 mph curve (from the speed
recorder, reported in media soon after the accident)
Christopher_Martin GORDON wrote in message
<7qi84r$qe3$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>...
>: As for the marginal seat business - it was well known that central coast
and
>: lwr blue mountains seats were favoured - but I can't see the driver
speeding
>: through a crappy curve just to get some pollie elected.
>
>But wasn't the curve speed higher than normal for this reason?  Nothing
>to do with the speed of the train, but the speed limit.
>
>(I will stay clear of saying the train was speeding or not.)
>
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>
>Chris Gordon
>http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord