[PRCo] Eggcidents~!~!~!~!

[Jim Holland]

Hitting AnyThing Stationary here in SF is Automatically Chargeable And 
Automatic Time Off WithOut Pay  --  don't consider appealing it.     
This is an ImPerfect World so this statement probably has exceptions, as 
does the statement below.
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The statement below is a disclaimer but doesn't mean it can't // won't 
be challenged And it certainly doesn't give someone who owns the 
property total abandon to operate as he pleases.       The railway may 
own the prw but when it comes to crossing roadways and operating in 
streets there are rules of engagement which all must follow.     The 
statement below falls apart when Bus is included because it doesn't have 
any so-called right of way in the streets ala TrolleyCars on fixed 
guideway.     And TrolleyCars in streets down own the right of way even 
though responsible for maintaining it to within a certain distance of 
each track.
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The Key for Professional Drivers - Bus, Truck, Trolley, Cable, Taxi, 
etc. - is Avoidance.     The legal responsibility for an accident may 
lie elsewhere but if the Pro Driver could avoid the accident and didn't 
then he carries responsibility as far as his own company is 
concerned.     This goes into the record as you know and can work 
against the employee.
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The law also talks Deep Pockets  --  someone else may be responsible for 
the accident but the person involved with Deep Pockets often winds up 
with the greatest responsibility for same, esp. financially.
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Herb Brannon wrote:
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> Anything or anyone PRCo/PATransit property (private right-of-way, 
> two-feet either side of street trackage, private right-of-way bus 
> roadways, transit-ways, etc.) are responsible for their own damages, 
> under law, if they are struck by a trolley, bus, or non-revenue 
> vehicle while on that property. This includes parked, unoccupied 
> vehicles on the street, but too close to the rails. However, like I 
> said it is easier to stop than to do the paperwork. Look through the 
> archives of The List and you will find a true story I wrote about me 
> hitting a parked auto one night on Warrington Avenue.
> Phillip Clark Campbell <pcc_sr at yahoo.com> wrote: I don't know Prc 
> official policy do I but motormen were very cautious at grade 
> crossings. A day may have existed when they raced through but that was 
> an extremely rare experience in the 1940s forward, maybe long before that.
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> Phil

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Jim  Holland
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Studying Pittsburgh Railways Company
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....................From 1930 -- 1950
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Pennsylvania  Trolley  Museum  (PTM)
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http://www.pa-trolley.org/
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N.M.R.A.
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http://www.nmra.org/