08-30-2019, 02:54 PM
(08-30-2019, 11:35 AM)robdrimmie Wrote:(08-30-2019, 11:09 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: I doubt it. And even if so, I believe a legitimate safety evaluation would conclude that on balance it’s better for pedestrians to be safer all the time than for an emergency vehicle to have a tiny bit of extra space once in a decade.
I completely agree with you here. Mostly my speculation (which was a reach) is based on the assumption that if there is something legislated somewhere that forces the issue, "legitimate safety evaluation" doesn't necessarily matter. The rules change very slowly. I know very little about railway legislation, but reading this forum has taught me that a lot of compromises have to be made in favour of of it. Mostly for good reason, too.
Legislation is rarely something so definitive. It's usually up to interpretation. Certainly legislation is problematic sometimes, but the most acute and painfully obvious problems are simply the interpretation of legislation to a ridiculusly anti-pedestrian level.