Re: NSW - SETS Single Deck Tour cancelled

["Andrew" <atailby@mpx.com.au>]

well on the arhs st james tunell tours they have toi sing the form or they
dont go down it is a simple as that
andrew
Ronald BESDANSKY <ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Assuming the reason for cancellation of this tour was the issue of open
> doors, it (re-)raises the issue of the operation in "heritage" service of
> trains that formerly operated for many years in regular service under the
> same "unsafe" conditions. I would imagine that it ultimately comes down to
a
> legal/insurance issue - what happens if someone falls out of an open door
or
> gets their head knocked off  whilst leaning out of one?
>
> What's changed is the much greater tendency for people to sue for
negligence
> over matters that would formerly have been regarded as "accidents".
However,
> it's hard to imagine any court being prepared to support a railway
> enthusiast, travelling by specific choice in a  vehicle which does not
meet
> "modern" safety standards, suffering injury as a result of doing something
> patently dangerous (e.g. leaning out from, or standing near an open
doorway
> without holding on). Even an accidental fall could be legitimately
> considered to be a "hazard of the game".The only problem I can see is that
> of, say, a child running away from its parents (which no doubt happened in
> regular service, anyway.) That could be solved by a ban on young children
on
> such tours.
>
> The SAR/ANR used to insist on passengers travelling in wooden-bodied stock
> in special trains signing an indemnity saying that, in the event of an
> accident, they wouldn't sue for injuries which wouldn't have occurred had
> they been travelling in steel-bodied cars.
>
> What do people think?
>
> Rgds
>
> Ron BESDANSKY
>
>