Being Safe in Europe 3

Jens Arne Maennig wrote in message
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Robert wrote:

I am finished posting safety issues to this group.

Oh, what a pity.

Since your postings, I always shiver of fear when looking out of my office
window, where I can watch 72 trams an hour passing by :-D


"In tonights show we examine the case of a stoner in Amsterdam who lost his
little toe in a tram accident whilst crossing the street. Public transport,
or mobile death machine. You decide..."
---
DFM

I must apologize to everyone as these have been my first postings and
I did not know how to post properly and I was not aware that the
postings were not exclusive to Google.
I think the Being Safe in Europe 2 post was successful as the hiking
in sneakers issue was correctly addressed. Hopefully someone searching
for information about their hike in the Alps (or where ever)will find
this and will decide it's a good idea to get some hiking boots. Many
people do not realize how important this is (just like the poster who
thought sneakers would be the best choice). Ask the Swiss authories if
you want the facts.
I am finished posting safety issues to this group.

Robert wrote:

I am finished posting safety issues to this group.

Oh, what a pity.

Since your postings, I always shiver of fear when looking out of my office
window, where I can watch 72 trams an hour passing by :-D

Jens

"Robert" wrote
| I think the Being Safe in Europe 2 post was successful ...
| I am finished posting safety issues to this group.

But please keep the sex tips coming. I'm forwarding them to The Sun's agony
aunt.

Owain

"Deep Freud Moors" wrote in message ...
Jens Arne Maennig wrote in message
news
Robert wrote:

I am finished posting safety issues to this group.

Oh, what a pity.

Since your postings, I always shiver of fear when looking out of my office
window, where I can watch 72 trams an hour passing by :-D


"In tonights show we examine the case of a stoner in Amsterdam who lost his
little toe in a tram accident whilst crossing the street. Public transport,
or mobile death machine. You decide..."
---
DFM

Why don't you search the Amsterdam news and find the story of the
tourist who was struck by a tram and had to be identified by dental
records. This is not something to joke about.

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(Deep Freud Moors) wrote:

Jens Arne Maennig wrote in message
news
Robert wrote:

I am finished posting safety issues to this group.

Oh, what a pity.

Since your postings, I always shiver of fear when looking out of my
office
window, where I can watch 72 trams an hour passing by :-D


"In tonights show we examine the case of a stoner in Amsterdam who lost
his
little toe in a tram accident whilst crossing the street. Public
transport,
or mobile death machine. You decide..."

After the break: tennis shoes - a menace in our midst. And in an exclusive
report, our Paranoid Affairs Correspondent asks some tough questions about
alligators in Antwerp.

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(Robert) wrote:

Why don't you search the Amsterdam news and find the story of the
tourist who was struck by a tram and had to be identified by dental
records. This is not something to joke about.

Since you're aware of this regrettable incident, you'll surely be able to
find information about it more easily than the rest of us. Can you give us
more details, or at least point us to a Website that has them?

Thanks in advance

Robert wrote:

Why don't you search the Amsterdam news and find the story of the
tourist who was struck by a tram and had to be identified by dental
records.

It could be worse:

On December 17, 1960, 33 people died in a tram in the center of Munich. A

Robert wrote:

Why don't you search the Amsterdam news and find the story of the
tourist who was struck by a tram and had to be identified by dental
records.

It could be worse:

On December 17, 1960, 33 people died *in* a tram in the center of Munich.

A British Convair aircraft had crashed on the tram on it's way from Munich
to Norfolk after it first had touched the steeple of St. Paul's church.
(http://www.feuerwehr.muenchen.de/bd1...eugabsturz.jpg)

Trams *are* in fact dangerous.

Jens

Robert wrote:

Why don't you search the Amsterdam news and find the story of the
tourist who was struck by a tram and had to be identified by dental
records.

Some numbers from Austria, a country with a quite active tram culture
(Ssource: "Österreichs Verkehrswirtschaft in Zahlen, Ausgabe 2002,
Wirtschaftskammer Österreich):

| Road Accidents 1995-2001
|
| 01:00 2001 2000 ... 1995
| -----------------------------------------------------
| Cars +4,3% 54,985 52,701 49,606
| Buses +11,3% 790 710 738
| Trucks -2,1% 4,723 4,826 4,633
| Trams -8,9% 308 338 315
| Railway -3,4% 86 89 95

This means that in .5% of traffic accidents, trams are involved. Just to
compa In over 90%, cars are involved.

You should better post some warnings about the risks of individual
transport.

Jens