Re: Melb Trams and Fatalities

[Dave McL <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz>]

David Johnson wrote:
 
> I seem to recall someone mentioning that a Z class could stop in 1 car length
> from 60 km/h.

Certainly the B2 I was on stopped in its own length out on the reserved
track at Bundoora.

I remember when I was a kid reading an article about a pedestrian who
stepped in front of 980 in Bourke Street not being hit because 980 could
"stop on a sixpence" with its EMT brakes.

David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand