The Fun Police for sure ! How long have these trams been running with no
problems with their safety ?
Sounds to me that they're almost afraid to run the trams anymore because
something MIGHT happen.
Sheer bloody mindedness !

On Sat, 20 Oct 2018 at 19:46, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder < tramsdownunder@...> wrote:

> Um, er, I did a bit better (or is it worse) but from the cab, not the

> dining tables.

>

> We were a bit late running out of South Melbourne Depot for the 5pm pickup

> in Nolan St.

>

> When the traffic lights half way along Sturt St went green, keen not to

> get any later, I notched up 442 a bit more briskly than usual and moments

> later there was an enormous CRASH from inside the tram.

>

> It turns out that the restauranteurs had a pile of dinner plates sitting

> on the top of the micro oven and they all slid off and crashed to the floor!

>

> While those men could be prickly at times, they were not angry this time.

> Maybe they were not supposed to put plates there.

>

> Incidentally for those not familiar with the restaurant route, where the

> ground is not flat, the grades are so slight that a tram would simply drift

> to a stop if brakes failed.

>

> Anyway I trust that public pressure and government intervention results in

> some common sense.

>

> Regards,

>

> On 20 Oct 2018, at 5:50 pm, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

>

> > On 20/10/2018 5:38 AM, Prescott wrote:

> > I did knock over a bottle of wine once (my fault), I hope that's not the

> blot on the safety record they're referring to.

>

> That may be one of the more serious accidents that has occurred. :-)

> It's hard to do much damage at the speed they travel at.

>

> Here's the letter that CTR is sending to very unhappy customers.

>

> Mal Rowe - who reckons risk mitigation should not be interpreted as

> complete risk avoidance.

>

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