Re: NRC & Douglas Park

[mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)]

>In NSW the Rail Safety Act is administered by NSW Dept of Transport. This
>covers most of the above aspects of surveillance. Furthermore Rail Access
>Corp has various powers in regard to the trains permitted to operate on its
>tracks.


>Geoff


There is no doubt that the above organizations have the powers to enact 
surveillance and inspection of trains , but in reality do they do it, ie does 
DOT or RAC have rail inspectors travelling around the state inspecting trains?
Ive certainly never heard of any , and from a more practical perspective would 
they have people with the correct expertise available.
There is also in the RAC case , a severe conflict of interest in that RAC 
derives all its income from having trains running over its tracks,so that the 
last thing they would want is to stop trains running .
If we go back to the road analogy,the police dont own the roads , nor do they 
gain financial benefit from having more users on the roads,so that putting 
vehicles off the roads has no financial effect .

MD