On 14/04/2021 21:23, James Heaton wrote:

"Anna Noyd-Dryver" wrote in message
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MB wrote:
On 11/04/2021 11:56, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Hummer have already built 2 large battery SUVs. And H2 trains makes no
bloody sense whatsoever - just electric the damn lines and if its too
expensive for overhead then they should recind that moronic rule about
no more 3rd rail and lay that instead.


Health and Safety at Work Act, isn't it?


I would not have expected the H&S at Work Act to go into detail like
that.


About having exposed electro conductors at floor level?

Apparently it's something specific in electrical regulations too.

Either way, the point is that it's about staff safety not about
trespassers, as often claimed.

Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

It is mainly focused on staff safety.

Realistically the only way we're ever going to get more 3rd rail, is
with fully protected contact like the DLR - which is incompatible with
existing installations on the southern/mersey.

James



My point was that it is often written that something has to be done (or
can't be done) "because of the H&S Act" but it is more likely either in
specific regulations like the Electricity at Work Regulations or the
various regulations about railways. There might be a requirement for a
Risk Assessment which will refer to more specific regulations.