Independent Review of Rail Safety Arrangements in Australia

["Notagunzel" <notagunzel@bigfoot.com>]

http://www.dotrs.gov.au/atc/rail/finalrpt.pdf

Dated September 1999, 186 pages.

I haven't read it fully yet, but they make the statement:

"The belief is widespread that the 22 different safeworking systems that are
reported to exist on the
interstate track are the result of fragmented safety regulation. The matter
of interfaces between the
track owner and the operator is quite different to the question of the
safety regime. The requirement
that an operator maintain a number of different radio systems on
locomotives, or that drivers are
trained in a variety of safeworking procedures is principally a matter of
efficiency, not safety. The
safety requirements are principally that drivers are trained in the correct
procedures, that the
integrity of communication with train control is maintained, and that the
interfaces are managed so
as to avoid ambiguity and minimise human error..."

Hmmm..... pretty *bold* statement that. |-)

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