[PRCo] Fw: More primitive, old-fashioned trolleys!

[Jim Holland]

"Bill Blomgren"  wrote in message news:...
 > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:47:47 -0600, "Stephen Sprunk"
 > wrote:
 >
 > >As an operator of a vintage streetcar, I can attest that pedestrians do
 > >indeed behave as you claim. It's the car drivers you hit when you're 
going
 > >fast; it's pedestrians you hit when you're going too slow. Humans, 
when not
 > >distracted by driving, have remarkable instincts for avoiding getting
 > >flattened by 20+ ton objects, particularly ones moving in a straight 
line at
 > >a constant speed. Add track brakes and you shouldn't have any 
significant
 > >problems with the peds.
 >
 > Well, the Charlotte light rail killed someone that was sitting on the 
tracks
 > before it carried its first revenue passenger.
 >
 > The city council has apparently decided that they need to fence the 
whole
 > right of way. That wouldn't have prevented the death, because he was 
sitting
 > near a grade crossing. (Of course, they could simply close all the grade
 > crossings... even though it would strangle traffic through the city.)

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