Jamie said:...and having a brass band play him into Hull station cause he had the guts to continue on in service.
158 said:All Credit to the Driver for not Terminating the Service.
Balls to Deers. What about nearly hitting a 70 Year old Man on a CT 156 on Uttoxeter Crossing?Im pleased to say ive never experianced anything like this.
Dont forget he'll Refuse The Counselling.Coxster said:So Jamie, if you become a driver and you one day (God forbid) have a 'one under' I would like to hear that you continued with all of your duties, dealt with any body parts, clean down the train at the depot and be bang on time for work the following morning after having a proper good night's sleep.
As I've said - until you've done it, you don't know what it's like. Especially in the semi-darkness, there's every possibility that it'd look like a human, and even if it later turns out not to be, the shock would be there. Can we have a little bit of respect for the drivers who are involved in this sort of incident and not tell them how they should be feeling and acting after something that no-one really wants to happen to them? Please?Chaz said:I do think this topic has gone a little overboard about a Deer......
*Awaits the many response about "What if you were the driver???".*
Well my answer to that would be about 3 seconds of shock after the train hit it then I'd just continue on with my day as planned (Apart from the Diagram Changes and the incident report I'd have fill out).
The End.
158 said:Dont forget he'll Refuse The Counselling.
Tomnick said:Can we have a little bit of respect for the drivers who are involved in this sort of incident and not tell them how they should be feeling and acting after something that no-one really wants to happen to them? Please?
Coxster said:So Jamie, if you become a driver and you one day (God forbid) have a 'one under' I would like to hear that you continued with all of your duties, dealt with any body parts, clean down the train at the depot and be bang on time for work the following morning after having a proper good night's sleep.
The company wouldn't expect you to even look at 'it' afterwards. One of my driver-contacts I have met up with had a suicide at Synhurst foot crosing at around 70mph. He said that when he joined the railway he wouldn't be bothered if he had a suicide but when it came to it on one afternoon he was very shocked. One bit of advice he gave to me was that if that were to happen to me as a driver then never look at the result - both before and after the incident. He regrets looking and says it is is an image that has haunted him for the past 10 years.Jamie said:I would do my duty and do what is expected of me within my capabilities. And I would stand by any decision I would make.
Chaz said:I don't think you get "counselling". It's not a mandatory thing when hitting an animal but again, it depends on the TOC.
158 said:I Was Quoting Damon.
Im Sorry but that an Insult to us Yorkshire Folk!Jamie said:Not really, I just have a no-nonsense just get on with it and quit complaining approach to life. With a distinct Yorkshire streak through me which causes me to say what the hell I think and not give a damn if people dont like it.
Yeah and Damon was talking about Jamie (God Forbid) Hitting a Human.Chaz said:And I was quoting you...
You see where I'm going with this?
158 said:Yeah and Damon was talking about Jamie (God Forbid) Hitting a Human.
158 said:Im Sorry but that an Insult to us Yorkshire Folk!
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Yeah and Damon was talking about Jamie (God Forbid) Hitting a Human.
Jamie said:Just lucky that I am 1/2 Glaswegian, 1/4 Leicestershireian and 1/4 Yorkshireian then isnt it.
Yeah, that's always worried me.Chaz said:And I'm 100% Chaz! :cheers:
Coxster said:Yeah, that's always worried me.
Chaz said:Calm Down Sprog, take a can of Boddingtons outside and relax.
Jamie said:Just lucky that I am 1/2 Glaswegian, 1/4 Leicestershireian and 1/4 Yorkshireian then isnt it.