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A thought or two


No one is going to sue me as I only let friends and family ride my line.

Uncle "John brings the family around. Good day had by all until John (getting over confident after a days running) speeds into the cover and comes off the train, and breaks his wrist. John is a carpenter and can not go to work so he contacts his insurance company who provide illness cover.

This company sees his medical records and agrees to pay him loss of earnings. Now this company starts looking into why it is paying out £800 a week. If it can prove negligence it could easily recoup its losses.

Can it prove negligence? Was John instructed on how to drive? Did you see him speed and yet did nothing about it? Was John fully aware of the dangers? How was he to know this would happen? Did he panic and turn the controller the wrong way? - even though he let go it still kept going.

It was a genuine accident!

The kids start to get bored. Fed up riding and frustrated you won't let the younger ones drive. Little Jimmy wonders off to explore. He finds this red lever thing which flips backwards and forwards. He plays with it gets bored again and wonders off.

The next passing train is then diverted into a train parked in the siding. Little Johnny on the back looses his grip with the impact, falls and bangs his head. He doesn't look too good so his parents take him down the hospital, missing their arrangements -a concert.

Accident? Could you have forseen this? Should the points have been locked? Do little Johnny's parents deserve money to compensate for missing their concert?









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