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London – Moslem Train Driver Crashes Train Du
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:22:12 +0100
Nightjar wrote: On 21-Aug-16 5:44 PM, Tony Dragon wrote: .... See RAIB https://www.gov.uk/government/public...st/derailment- t-paddington-16-june-2016 I'm not sure that facts are what many of the posters in this thread actually want. It does, however, seem a bit daft to site catch points so that a train that is diverted by them hits an important bit of the infrastructure. True, but OTOH they probably didn't reckon on some irresponsible pillock fasting for a day before going to do a safety critical job. In a sane world this moron would be fired but of course we're not living in a sane world and PC means we treat all this fairy tale religions garbage with "respect" and kid gloves so no doubt nothing much will happen to him and he may well do the same thing again next year. -- Spud |
London – Moslem Train Driver Crashes Train Du
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:20:55 +0100
Tim Watts wrote: On 22/08/16 11:53, d wrote: True, but OTOH they probably didn't reckon on some irresponsible pillock fasting for a day before going to do a safety critical job. In a sane world this moron would be fired but of course we're not living in a sane world and PC means we treat all this fairy tale religions garbage with "respect" and kid gloves so no doubt nothing much will happen to him and he may well do the same thing again next year. -- Spud Just to play devil's advocate: how many drivers go to work with a cold and feeling a bit crap, but not crap enough to physically not be able to present themselves? You can probably function much better with a cold than after a long fast with no water. But certainly anything more serious and you'd expect them to stay at home. If someone turned up to work with flu so bad they could barely concentrate and crashed the train I'd expect the book to be thrown at them. -- Spud |
London – Moslem Train Driver Crashes Train Du
On 22/08/16 14:24, d wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:20:55 +0100 Tim Watts wrote: On 22/08/16 11:53, d wrote: True, but OTOH they probably didn't reckon on some irresponsible pillock fasting for a day before going to do a safety critical job. In a sane world this moron would be fired but of course we're not living in a sane world and PC means we treat all this fairy tale religions garbage with "respect" and kid gloves so no doubt nothing much will happen to him and he may well do the same thing again next year. -- Spud Just to play devil's advocate: how many drivers go to work with a cold and feeling a bit crap, but not crap enough to physically not be able to present themselves? You can probably function much better with a cold than after a long fast with no water. But certainly anything more serious and you'd expect them to stay at home. If someone turned up to work with flu so bad they could barely concentrate and crashed the train I'd expect the book to be thrown at them. But the point stands that the driver is making a judgement. Personally, I can sympathise with the fasting, but the not drinking water is absurd (are they really prohibited from that?). |
London – Moslem Train Driver Crashes Train Du
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:00:40 +0100
Tim Watts wrote: On 22/08/16 14:24, d wrote: You can probably function much better with a cold than after a long fast with no water. But certainly anything more serious and you'd expect them to stay at home. If someone turned up to work with flu so bad they could barely concentrate and crashed the train I'd expect the book to be thrown at them. But the point stands that the driver is making a judgement. If he can't make the correct judgement in a safety critical situation then he should find an alternative career where he can't potentially endanger peoples lives. Personally, I can sympathise with the fasting, but the not drinking water is absurd (are they really prohibited from that?). They're not prohibited from anything, they chose to follow their religion. But yes, apparently eating, drinking, smoking and sex are all no-nos according to wonkypedia. -- Spud |
London – Moslem Train Driver Crashes TrainDu
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:00:40 +0100
Tim Watts wrote: From: Tim Watts On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:01:43 +0100 Tim Watts wrote: On 21/08/16 15:41, burfordTjustice wrote: On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 14:37:34 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: See the thread that's been running since Saturday in uk.railway. The story isn't bunkum, but it's better to quote a news organ rather than a comic. It's also not clear that his fast was the main cause of the error; he was new on the line, which was probably a more important factor. Oh sure all the new guys run a double red light...WTF?? Out of interest, what IS a double red? I cannot recall ever seeing one on the railway... Signal SN6004 was clearly visible, but the driver did not realise that it applied to his train, so he drove past it although it was showing two red lights, meaning ‘Stop’. |
London – Moslem Train Driver Crashes Train Du
On 22/08/16 16:57, burfordTjustice wrote:
Signal SN6004 was clearly visible, but the driver did not realise that it applied to his train, so he drove past it although it was showing two red lights, meaning ‘Stop’. The ground indicators I've seen have an arrow on pointing at the line they apply to. Do they all have that? |
London – Moslem Train Driver Crashes Train Du
On 22/08/2016 12:20, Tim Watts wrote:
Just to play devil's advocate: how many drivers go to work with a cold and feeling a bit crap, but not crap enough to physically not be able to present themselves? There seems to be evidence that Southern staff feel able to take time off if they are feeling ill. :-) -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
London – Moslem Train Driver Crashes Train Du
On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:00:40 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote: On 22/08/16 14:24, d wrote: On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:20:55 +0100 Tim Watts wrote: On 22/08/16 11:53, d wrote: True, but OTOH they probably didn't reckon on some irresponsible pillock fasting for a day before going to do a safety critical job. In a sane world this moron would be fired but of course we're not living in a sane world and PC means we treat all this fairy tale religions garbage with "respect" and kid gloves so no doubt nothing much will happen to him and he may well do the same thing again next year. -- Spud Just to play devil's advocate: how many drivers go to work with a cold and feeling a bit crap, but not crap enough to physically not be able to present themselves? You can probably function much better with a cold than after a long fast with no water. But certainly anything more serious and you'd expect them to stay at home. If someone turned up to work with flu so bad they could barely concentrate and crashed the train I'd expect the book to be thrown at them. But the point stands that the driver is making a judgement. Personally, I can sympathise with the fasting, but the not drinking water is absurd (are they really prohibited from that?). i knew muslims in countries in forrin countries before the present hassle who told me that swallowing their own spit would break their fast but the moment the sun goes down they could pig out to their hearts content -- www.abelard.org |
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