cliffc

Hi All As a new member brought to this site via a link to this thread on a UK based forum, I would just like to add my comments on this accident. Firstly I would like to add my sympathy's to the family and friends of the cast member who was killed in the accident. On the accident its self I think its clear something some where has gone badly wrong here, however as others have said we have to keep this in perspective, this is the 1st fatality on the system in almost 40 years which is a remarkable feat when you consider the numbers of people moved by the Monorail in that time, so the safety systems in place have done there job well in that time. Looking at the damage to the cab caused by what was a low speed colision means that some cab strengthaning must be looked at even if this has to add to the waight of the trains. As the easy which the cab gave way must have had something to do with why this was a fatal accident, I would not expect my car behave in that way is some one reversed into it at only 15 mph. The safety systems have been upgraded allreasy and I am sure once the official report is published there may be more improvements in this area. I am not surprised that the system is open so quickly, you would not expect any mass tranist sysyem to remain closed after an acceident for too long as long as there was no major damage to the track and signaling that needed repair once the trains had been cleard and the safety inspections done, and investagtions complete you would expect things to get back to normal pritty quick. If you look at how quick the London underground system was back up and running after the bomb attacks on 7/11 as an example of this. In conclusion there are sad lessons to be lerned from this accident and I am sure these will come out in the official report on the accident and any suggestions and recommedations will be implemented by Disney ASAP. In the mean time I think people should contiune to use / see the WDW Monorail system, for what it is one of if not the safest transport systems in the world today. Regards Cliff C

Hi All I am Cliff C based in the uk closest parks to me are Ligitwater Valley and flamingo land I work in IT I run a recsorce site for the UK fruit machine emulation scene, for those of you in the US who will have only seen fruit machines in casinos here in the uk we have them every where, but thay are diferent from those in the US casinos but the payouts are not as big. The site i run holds layouts, roms and art work for the guys that make the layouts to play on the emuators that are avilibl. Regards cliff c