October 7, 1966. THE ANIMALS, performers of the song "CC Rider", they were waiting on the tracks of Dorion bus packed with students who sang in celebration excited "CC Rider"?
OK yes I'm going away baby and be back till fall I'won't sing The animals ..
Twenty students on the party never came.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF CORONER'S JURY
ON THE TRAGEDY OF RAIL DORION.
The coroner's jury, after a few days ago issued a verdict of accidental death on the railway tragedy occurred in Dorion on October 7, hereby wishes to make a number of recommendations.
The general thrust of these recommendations will be to the great state of neglect they are guilty of the National Railway and the Transport Commission of Canada. However we will stick to comments consctructives whose sole purpose will be to help address the numerous anomalies that were revealed during the investigation.
The first set of recommendations that we make concerning the crossing of the Rue Saint-Charles, where the tragedy took place and also the Canadian Pacific, which also crosses the Rue Saint-Charles few kilometers away.
Recommendation. 1
Considering that these intersections are a constant threat and knowing that danger even more pronounced when the trains fileront twice the current speed;
Considering that trains must travel at high speeds even in an urban area, then that the speed of traffic, even in a six-lane boulevard as the boulevard Harwood. is limited to 30 miles per hour;
Considering that for all highways, we did not hesitate to put an overpass at every intersection if they are secondary;
Considering that the street St. Charles is the main artery of Dorion and a busy provincial road.
Accordingly, we recommend the construction of a railway viaduct to the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific.
We regret that these companies and the Transport Committee have been allowed to extend a similar situation and did not, As the urbanization of the region, took the security measures that were required. Recommendation No.2
Dorion City has taken the initiative to prepare a draft viaducts, we recommend that the Commission of Transport and the railway companies to provide responsible for these studies all the technical assistance required for the project to be submitted and made the most rapidemen tpossible.
Pending rereading viaducts considered absolutely necessary goal, we recommend for the immediate future, that emergency measures are taken or maintained, namely:
Recommendation. 3
That the two railway companies maintain absolutely the order given to ciruculer all trains at a reduced speed to 25 miles an hour in the busy area of Dorion.
Recommendation. 4
That the two railway companies, since barriètres not a sufficient security measure, to remedy this deficiency by placing guards at crossings.
Recommendation. 5
That perfect visibility is provided to drivers of road vehicles or engines, by removing any tree, building or other obstruction as well as the prohibition of parking of cars on roads within the urbanized area Dorion
On the track inside the city limits.
Recommendation. no. 6
Considering that all the Dorion area is, according the testimony of locomotive drivers, considered unsafe;
Considering that highway authorities have seen fit to put fences on each side of roads throughout the whole of their journey;
We recommend that fences be placed on each Besides the two tracks from the bridge to the western boundary of the inhabited area.
It is anomalous that this recommendation has not been made rather by the Transport Commission of Canada.
The following recommendations are addressed to the Commission of Transport and aim to improve safety along the tracks railways and any crossing.
Recommendation. 7
Jugean opératur unacceptable that a locomotive has a visibility of over 50% on the road ahead of him, we recommend that the locomotives of type "long nose" are replaced by machines with perfect visibility operators.
In this investigation, it was shown that the driver had in his hands the levers of control of the brakes was placed on the right side and could see the level crossing in the curve veering left.
management permit is to think that if the officer in command of braking himself had seen the bus tragedy could have been avoided.
We find it inconceivable that the Commission on Transport Canada allows the use of locomotives as dangerous.
We also find unacceptable the use of locomotives by the railway companies. It seems to us incomptatible with concern that a public utility company must have the security of citizens.
Recommendation. 8
barriers of the type used in Dorion certainly do not for the public adequate protection crossing busy, we recommend that the Transportation Commission of Canada to install barriers to study or safer places for these alternatives provide adequate protection.
Recommendation. 9
Given that many of the TPE railway collisions occur when trains are found near a railway crossing, it seems that basic precautions should encourage the driver of the second train to signal its presence to automobiles and pedestrians by several blasts, if necessary despite any municipal regulations. It seems to us
inconceivable that the Transport Commission of Canada has never required, in the name of security public, such a measure of caution.
It also seems unacceptable that Canadian National has not, so own, and in light of its experience thoroughly devastated, took such a precaution.
We therefore recommend that when two trains cross oncoming immediately one after another, a crossing, the second train signals its presence by whistling extended.
Recommendation. 10
The last recommendation we make is for all municipalities with railway crossings SURL Eur territory. We recommend that they take advantage of offers subsentions Commission on Transport Canada to ensure that these dangerous crossings are eliminated.
We intended to make recommendations to the Ministry of Transport of Quebec on safety on buses, but the Quebec government has created a few days ago a commission of inquiry into the transportation of schoolchildren in the province, we are confident that these investigators will know better than us, make appropriate recommendations.
CONCLUSION The various recommendations above should not been taken lightly, as if they were inconsequential remarks made Following a mundane accident, on the contrary, they are the result of serious study by the jury members and relate to a tragic accident that we still appears as unacceptable and unthinkable.
However, we can not help being skeptical about the impact that this memoir will be with individuals or companies directly involved or interested. Similarly, we believe that citizens were not sufficiently concerned about the dangers inherent lack of safety at crossings and let their eyes grow dangerous situations, waiting to demand reforms to accidents, with irreparable consequences have occurred.
Therefore we urge the various intermediary bodies at all levels, as well as all groups of citizens Cares public affairs, to take them into account popular anxiety, and dynamic action and persevering from our leaders, to ensure that the tragedy of Dorion is an opportunity to better standards of public safety.
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