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Thread: Landcruiser rolls off barge to Fraser

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    Quote Originally Posted by Softy View Post
    Yes if there was someone in the car... What would have happened if there was 3 kids strapped into the back seat and mum got out of the car to get them out and it rolled off then.... Having the ramps up would have stopped this situation happening.
    Well that would have been tragic.... thankfully not in this case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Avo View Post
    Dunno why anyone would be accountable except the person who parked it there...if you hopped out no handbrake and not in gear tuff even if it was a mistake...why blame anyone bar the person who is control of that car.....

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    A friend of mine used to run the Brooklyn ferry and he told me that many years ago, after loosing a family in a vehicle off the Wiseman's Ferry barge, the NSW government demanded that all vehicle ferrys & barges had to have an interlocked isolation system between the ramp or gates to ensure they were closed & locked before the ferry/barge could move. I would be amazed if this was not the requirement for all similar vehicle/passenger transports in Australia. Regardless on how this happened, it is still the Captain's responsibility.
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    "Oh what a feeling"
    Jokes aside the ramp should have been up. The deck hands normaly check with the driver that the hand brake is on and gearbox in park or gear. In bad weather I have seen cars slide on the ferry.

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    Was a simple Toyota failure. The vehicle should have been left in Park/Gear. For a bit of a laugh, the captain was disposing of crap. On the serious side, glad know one was hurt except the back packers pride who had all they're phones and passports in the car.
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    Oops. I'm guessing somebody's going to be in trouble.

    Do you reckon Worksafe or govt equivalent will be involved?
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    Having done a bit of time 'on boats', this will no doubt come back on the skipper for ultimate responsibility, as does everything really. Will be interesting to hear what the final outcome is in terms of how it happened though. I would not have thought it possible for a vehicle to roll off the back without some sort of negligence from the operator, idiot behind the wheel or not.
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    that sucks big time...imaghine how long it will,take to get on the water if the captain has to inspect every car...we are in the era of america,it's not my fault it's yours...good bye australia...welcome america andf ya lawyers
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    Quote Originally Posted by sooty_10 View Post
    If they were in it you would think they would put their foot on the brake.
    As for the insurance I'm not sure I want to be the one having to explain that. Any rental car wouldn't be covered one bit as they exclude ferries. I wonder how it'll go. I'd take up scuba diving if it was my truck and see what I could recover

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    I have used this barge probably over 100 times and never was asked to put hand brake on and in gear. That is just common sense, you would do that if parked on a hill or a boat ramp or even on flat ground. Although once, we were coming into the beach too fast and the deckie had to yell out to everyone to jump in and put foot on brakes to stop everyone rolling into each other.
    In photo it looks like he has just left the beach and ramp has not come up yet.
    The rules changed a year or two ago up here when some idiot drove off the ramp before barge had docked up north somewhere and another looser tried to drive on the barge after it had left ramp. When docking, the drivers of front row of vehicles have to be out of the vehicle until it stops and deckie instructs vehicles to leave.
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