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- From: cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam)
- Subject: Re: Deaths on Railroad Property: common sense or am I an Idiot?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.193419.29165@ee.ryerson.ca>
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- Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 19:34:19 GMT
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- rrw@sunset.cse.nau.edu (Bob Wier) writes:
- >cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam) writes:
- >>
- >> On several occasions
- >> I have gone train watching with someone from outside the hobby. Afterwards,
- >> they tend to have a real understanding for the dangers that surround
- >> trains, such as not being able to guess the speed the way we can with
- >> cars.
- >
- > The problem is how do you educate them [the general public]
- > short of an experience like this?
- >
-
- With reference to my original note about taking non-railfans train watching,
- this may be a good way to help spread the word about rail safety in a way
- that is easily understood and non-lecturing.
-
- Besides which, it helps the hobby grow. :=)
-
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- Calvin Henry-Cotnam, CATE | "...My brain IBM"
- Ryerson Polytechnical Institute | "So if you see me, acting stangely..."
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada | STYX, Mr. Roboto
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