Has it? I'd be interested to see the source and detail of that.
You could say the same about driving a car, bus, taxi etc...
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Southern Rail STRIKE details
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Has it? I'd be interested to see the source and detail of that.
You could say the same about driving a car, bus, taxi etc...
Also wasn't there an incident at Goring a few years back with a girl getting dragged under running along side a train? I assume the conductor is in jail for that ?
Is that what your UNION rep told you?
Is this in the news? Is it related to the Goring incident?
Lower West Stander
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This.
But it's not Southerns drivers who need to strike. I now get the Thameslink on strike days from Three Bridges or a Southwest train from Havant. As you say people learn to cope as time goes on and one the main coping mechanism is not using Southern trains.
This will probably get a 2000 word diatribe from Ernest, but I think the unions are losing.
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Tony Meolas Loan Spell
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So here we are the 5.57 to Brighton cant leave London Bridge because there is no guard. Now this is a DOO route AND a DOO train but due to the luddites not agreeing we are now ****ing stuck because the guard isnt here.
Yes I get he may be delayed but even so. It could ****ing go but no. Thanks to the guards not letting a perfectly able train leave without one of them on board. Ridiculous.
Yes I get he may be delayed but even so. It could ****ing go but no. Thanks to the guards not letting a perfectly able train leave without one of them on board. Ridiculous.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
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Why should the drivers support them? Its job protectionsim. Nothing more norhing less. It is NOT passenger safety!
Been told time and time again over the years no extension of DOO yet they now wanna get rid of guards and extend DOO
Even a conductor isn't going to stop an idiot jumping in front of a train
True , but a conductor can help with the passengers and other stuff whilst the driver sorts himself out maybe
ROSM
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In the occasions that I've been on a train that has hit someone (4) then the guard has been invaluable in assisting passengers and the driver
ROSM
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This is where you and I (and the rail accident investigation branch) disagree. DOO trains are less safe. The question is, does anybody really care
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
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I have been on plenty of DOO and I survived. Im quite happy to take my chances. Im sure millions of others are as well.
What difference would a guard on a DOO train on a DOO route have made today for example? But it couldnt leave because of their ****ing stupid "no way can a train leave in exceptional circumstances"
There is only one reason. Job protectionism they know itll get phased out eventually. Safety MY JAPS EYE. Sorry lads but is been like that for centuries. Its the equivalent of smashing the spinning jenny.
ROSM
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I was on the same train as you. I'm.now on one waiting for a driver!
I'm confused , that's a guard not a driver. Does this mean trains with conductors aren't any safer as people are dying anyway ?