Re: DOO In Sydney?

["WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Matthew Geier <matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
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> In article <7slfj8$87f$1@news1.mpx.com.au>,
> WhaleOilBeefHooked <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote:
> >Bill Bolton <billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org> wrote in message
> >RXztN=YPH1fObNCRb3bHCaXMltyk@4ax.com">news:RXztN=YPH1fObNCRb3bHCaXMltyk@4ax.com...
> >> "Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> >>
> >> > They aren't so in those cases you use CCTV Monitors on the platforms,
as
> >> > does Melbourne now. The provision of vandal proof roller doors are of
> >cause
> >> > essential as are hoods to shield the screens during bright sunlight.
> >Either
> >> > way its cheaper than providing CCTV everywhere!!!
> >>
> >> The technology exists today to readily put flat display video screens
> >> in the drivers cab, then there's no vandalisation problems or daylight
> >> visibility problems.
> >
> >Get real - in Sydney, we are talking about drivers cabs on half the
fleet -
> >that is over 1000 cabs. We are also talking about cameras at every
station -
> >all 300 of them? Then there is the problem of interference between
> >platforms - what if you have a situation like North Sydney, platform 2
and
> >3, with both trains leaving in the up direction
>
>  I saw this very situation in Perth in their peak hour, and the drivers
NEED
> those screens to work as they have no rear vision mirrors. 5 trains
departed
> Perth station with in 5 minutes.

And there is nowhere in Perth where you have trains absolutely side by side
departing in the same direction. Even Perth City does not have it.

>  Sorry, that particular technical problem has been solved :-)

Not in Australia it hasn't. Not sure about the rest of the world.

DaveP