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| Thread ID: 113327 | 2010-10-14 22:26:00 | More PC Bollocks | B.M. (505) | PC World Chat |
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| 1144961 | 2010-10-15 20:42:00 | Thats the whole point of these courses is to test common sense, if you fail, you have none. And usually these causes are set up to pass everyone, except the stupid. So why would one waste all day trying to teach the stupid how to cross a Railway Line? :rolleyes: These same stupid people must have survived crossing a road thousands of times. But in the end, for these Horticulturists to have survived as long as they have then surely they can’t be that stupid? It really is quite an amazing story. :rolleyes: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1144962 | 2010-10-15 20:49:00 | I guess you're not allowed to put penny's on the tracks any more .... pity, it used to be so much fun :D | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1144963 | 2010-10-15 21:18:00 | No some idiot should be fired for inventing the course. Betcha it didn't consist of questions like What should you do if you see/hear a train coming? A)Wait B)Run C)Wave D)Sit down for tea break E) Take a photo :D Plus this particular point is on a long straight section, so you can see trains coming from miles away. :stare: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1144964 | 2010-10-16 05:48:00 | I had a cousin lose her husband to a rail accident. He was involved in engineering, and was no fool. He died a mashed potato despite having the protection of a vehicles cab. The situation with these mowing contractors is 'complicated' by a number of factors - the noise of their machinery may mask the noise of a train. Their protective earmuffs which they must wear will also mask the noise of a trian. Their protective eyewear, which they must wear will also produce restrictions to their peripheral vision, whcih may also help conceal an approaching train, and the vibration of their mowers will also conceal the vibrations of an approaching train. The situation is very differnt than that of an able bodied pedestrian. Would you send a partially blind and partially deaf person alone to work along a rail line? No? Well asking these mowers to work there is kinda on a par with doing just that very thing. If it's that much of a concern however, they should consider limiting the speed of their trains, and get the asleep-at-the-wheel train drivers to sound their horns. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1144965 | 2010-10-16 09:03:00 | If it's that much of a concern however, they should consider limiting the speed of their trains, and get the asleep-at-the-wheel train drivers to sound their horns. IIRC that particular section of rail is already a 20km/h section. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1144966 | 2010-10-16 09:43:00 | IIRC that particular section of rail is already a 20km/h section. Makes no difference, The course in question is to cover access to the rail corridor, they can't just not bother because somneone thinks that section of track is no big deal. The no big deal brigade are the ones that get themselves and others killed, You demonstrated it in fine form with your reference to line of sight, its complacency that kills, Dismissing a very real hazard as not worth worrying about is exactly why they need to drum the message into block heads. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1144967 | 2010-10-16 18:50:00 | Dismissing a very real hazard as not worth worrying about is exactly why they need to drum the message into block heads. I'm not denying it's a hazard (an eighty tonne train can be very deadly), only that it's a relatively easy one to overcome in these circumstances. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1144968 | 2010-10-16 19:36:00 | Trains would much heavier than 80 tons wouldnt they? | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1144969 | 2010-10-16 19:39:00 | Well I am glad we sorted that question out. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1144970 | 2010-10-16 19:47:00 | Young trains (and in spite of the weather it is Spring) may be deceptively small, but vicious. However, to see a train at all, let alone in motion, takes most people in NZ by surprise. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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