on โ31-12-2016 06:26 PM
i know on the face of it its funny but,
what if someone was asleep in it?
you would think there ought to be some kind of barrir at the back of the barge stopping cars from just 'rolling off'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-31/4wd-falls-off-barge-on-way-to-fraser-island/8155676
there isnt even anything stopping people from falling overboard. how is this possible with insurance these days?
on โ31-12-2016 06:40 PM
Well that would have put a dampener on things
on โ31-12-2016 06:45 PM
David there is a barrier but from what I just heard on the news
it hadn't been closed at the stage the 4 wheel drive rolled off -
apparently they had the handbrake on but the car in neutral
As a small child I remember where I lived a car with from memory 2 or 3
school children and the Father went to drive onto the punt and the punt
musn't have been secured and it moved and the car went into the
water under the punt and they all drowned.
on โ31-12-2016 07:37 PM
@freddie*rooster wrote:David there is a barrier but from what I just heard on the news
it hadn't been closed at the stage the 4 wheel drive rolled off -
apparently they had the handbrake on but the car in neutral
As a small child I remember where I lived a car with from memory 2 or 3
school children and the Father went to drive onto the punt and the punt
musn't have been secured and it moved and the car went into the
water under the punt and they all drowned.
when were they planning on putting the barrier in place, when they reached land?
who's running this ferry service, dumb and dumber??
even a vehicle with its brakes off in neutral shouldnt be able to roll off. thats called planning for the worst.
i think this company had someone died in this instance would be out of business real soon.
on โ02-01-2017 07:19 PM
on โ02-01-2017 09:51 PM
rule number 1 when dealing with the public,
expect them to do the opposite to what they should do.
therefore ya need safeguards against stupidity.