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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1979
KCR APPEALS TO PUBLIC ON SAFETY
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MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD NOT EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO DANGER WHILE ON THE RAILWAY.
THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, MR. D.M. HOWES SAID THIS IN EXPRESSING DEEP CONCERN AT CONTINUING CASES OF INJURY SUSTAINED BY PEOPLE WHILE ON OR ABOUT THE RAILWAY.
+MANY SECTIONS OF THE RAILWAY ARE IRREGULARLY USED BY MEMBERS OF PUBLIC AS A FOOTPATH. BY DOING THIS THEY ARE EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO CONSTANT DANGER, MR. HOWES SAID.
OTHER INJURIES, HE SAID, ARE SUSTAINED BY PASSENGERS JUMPING DOWN FROM TRAINS OR CROSSING THE TRACK AND BY CARELESS BEHAVIOUR GENERALLY.
MR. HOWES SAID THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO RISK EITHER THROUGH TRESPASS ON THE RAILWAY OR BY UNTHINKING ACTION ON TRAINS OR AT STATIONS.
+THE RAILWAY TRACK IS BASICALLY A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE TRAINS REQUIRE SOME DISTANCE TO STOP AND RISK THEREFORE IS ATTENDANT ON EVERYBODY WHO DOES NOT BEHAVE IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER, + HE SAID.
+ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS AN UNREASONABLE AND ADDED STRAIN IMPOSED ON THE LOCOMOTIVE DRIVERS AND EVEN WITH THE VIGILANCE THEY EXERCISE, UNCERTAINTY IS CREATED IN THE MINDS OF DRIVERS AS TO WHETHER THE PEOPLE WILL MOVE CLEAR IN TIME EVEN AFTER AUDIBLE WARNING HAS BEEN GIVEN,+ MR. HOWES SAID.
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