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Re: Head on in the Western district
- Subject: Re: Head on in the Western district
- From: "Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 22:35:06 +1100
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Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
<snip>
>
>Its also worth noting that Rails competitors, namely road , sea and to a
>lesser extent air , all operate without a mandatory requirement to "know
the
>road."
>All thats required is a qualification / endorsement , on the vehicle being
>operated,not on where its going.
This is certainly not true for sea transport. It may be possible to sail on
the open sea without "knowing the road" but a master cannot get a ship into
any Australian port without a pilotage exemption certificate. I think this
also applies for transit through some of the Barrier Reef waters.
Barry Campbell