Re: British Accident 1sr Report Out - Thames Driver Not Being Blamed At This Point

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

they told over the 5 pm news that the death toll will be around 40 not 70 as
first said
Ian Jelf <ian@bluebadge.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <7tmf2v$1jkk$1@otis.netspace.net.au>, Exnarc
> <gwrly@netspace.net.au> writes
> >Ian,
> >
> >Its always easy to find a scapegoat after such an accident, the press do
it
> >all the time. However its rarely that simple, as you so rightly point
out,
> >heads may well roll eventually.
> I also think that there's a difference between "fault" and
> "responsibility", a distinction which is often not made sufficiently
> clear.
>
> >Without making any assumptions as to the real cause its interesting to
hear
> >the comments from ASLEF regarding the sighting of this signal, do ASLEF
have
> >a signal sighting committee or working party?
> As far as I'm aware, no.   but I'd be open to further information from
> anyone reading this who knows any different.
>
> It's certainly interesting to hear about driver involvement in
> signalling matters in Victoria.
>
> >I know I've digressed but I was trying to find out if the Signal as
> >mentioned at Paddington played a key part in the disaster, or whether it
was
> >just media hype?
> As with so much about this awful incident, we simply don't know yet.
> Accordingly, most things being stated in the media are exactly that:
> hype.
>
> About the best coverage here has been by the BBC.   ITN (the main
> commerical TV news organisation) has indulged in some *very* sensational
> assumptions (something they're not generally prone to do in my view).
>
> Newspaper coverage has been very much more sensational, though.   I
> don't usually read the Sunday papers;  this morning though I was on a
> tour in an hotel in Bristol, so quite a few of my clients had papers
> floating around.   They had some very distressing angles on the story.
> --
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