I suspect but can’t prove use of road transport comes down to who get blamed.
I’m train crew and have been on numerous taxi rides of 3+ hours on motorways while the railway next door is closed or has a blanket speed limit in place due to weather.
The taxi is however ploughing through standing water at 70mph with other vehicles following closely behind. You have no idea of their tiredness level or how long they’ve been on duty.
I expect that if the taxi crashes the railway will claim that the risk assessment was already in place ie DVLA licences the driver, local authority licences the driver to drive taxis etc.
I’ve raised this many times and the helpful answer is always “if the driver is going too fast or you feel they are dangerous tell him then to pull over and we’ll get another taxi” (in the middle of nowhere in bad weather).
I’m surprised the unions never care about the length of Traincrew taxi rides given the likelihood of road vehicle accidents compared to cars. And the same obviously applies to passenger safety.
I’m train crew and have been on numerous taxi rides of 3+ hours on motorways while the railway next door is closed or has a blanket speed limit in place due to weather.
The taxi is however ploughing through standing water at 70mph with other vehicles following closely behind. You have no idea of their tiredness level or how long they’ve been on duty.
I expect that if the taxi crashes the railway will claim that the risk assessment was already in place ie DVLA licences the driver, local authority licences the driver to drive taxis etc.
I’ve raised this many times and the helpful answer is always “if the driver is going too fast or you feel they are dangerous tell him then to pull over and we’ll get another taxi” (in the middle of nowhere in bad weather).
I’m surprised the unions never care about the length of Traincrew taxi rides given the likelihood of road vehicle accidents compared to cars. And the same obviously applies to passenger safety.