Being Safe in Europe 3

Jens Arne Maennig wrote:

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.

He already DID! (In his initial post regarding the "crazy" fact that in
Belgium, traffic from the right has the "right of way" - as it does in
most of the U.S., and various other locales.)

Jens

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" "evgmsop-no wrote in
message ...


Robert wrote:


I am finished posting safety issues to this group.

From your mouth to God's ear! (Now, if you'd said you were finished
posting to this group ENTIRELY, it might be cause for general
rejoicing.)

So much of travelling in Europe again. Take a look on mirror.

Robert wrote:

I addressed car travel but trams are a big surprise to foreigners.

A glance on the floor indicates easily if there is the danger of an
approaching tram (Hint: If there are tram tracks, the risk is
significantly higher than if there are *no* tram tracks).

An advanced traveller could even recognize by the tracks in which
direction a tram will be going and where it never will get (if we
disregard the risk of derailment). Determining the direction where cars
will be going (i. e. defining where on the road I will be safe) seems much
more difficult for me as an averagely educated European.

And my guess it's always worse to get hit by a tram than get into an car
accident.

Your guess is wrong.

Many car accidents are injury free.

Do you mean for cars or for human beings?

Jens

barney wrote:

Incidentally, wasn't Gaudi (the Barcelona architect) killed by a tram?

June 7, 1926.

He could have survived, but a cabbie refused to bring that hobo type of
guy to a hospital.

It could have happened in 1884 to the benefit of Barcelona but they had no
tram at that time.

Jens