Exessive safety at any cost - including efficient transport?
brgamble
Wednesday, September 12, 2001 7:44 AM
I think we might be blaming the wrong people; from my first-hand
experience in operating trams - and comparing the W2 we have (which
is in 1970-80 configuration, i.e. dead simple) and the Wellington
Fiducia (one-man car, air doors, deadman handle and interlocks all
over the place) I think a lot of the problems with Melbourne's
buggered-up W2s has to do with the preoccupation with safety - blame
that on the regulators! These days no one is responsible for taking
care or looking themselves. Every problem has to be someone elses
fault. And of course we have safety management systems and auditors
and god knows what else, adding their own often technically naive or
uniformed ideas, bells and whistles.
IMHO an unadorned W2 is a simple, efficient and comfortable machine,
still capable of being very useful in a big city.
Bruce G
--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., Bill Bolton <billbolton@c...> wrote:
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experience in operating trams - and comparing the W2 we have (which
is in 1970-80 configuration, i.e. dead simple) and the Wellington
Fiducia (one-man car, air doors, deadman handle and interlocks all
over the place) I think a lot of the problems with Melbourne's
buggered-up W2s has to do with the preoccupation with safety - blame
that on the regulators! These days no one is responsible for taking
care or looking themselves. Every problem has to be someone elses
fault. And of course we have safety management systems and auditors
and god knows what else, adding their own often technically naive or
uniformed ideas, bells and whistles.
IMHO an unadorned W2 is a simple, efficient and comfortable machine,
still capable of being very useful in a big city.
Bruce G
--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., Bill Bolton <billbolton@c...> wrote:
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 23:24:22 +1000, Bob wrote:old W classThey were too thick to see the functional beauty and class the
Taitstrams had.
A 1930s design is still 1930s design. The world of the Ws is long
gone!W-class trams were well accepted for day to day transit service
ROFL.... I suppose the rail services should still be operated by
and Swing Doors as well!
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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