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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 11 (March 1, 1928)

Safety Training Brings Results

Safety Training Brings Results.

When a youth enters the Railway service of this Dominion, raw, and in his most receptive mood, the first thing he receives is a Kule Book, and the first line in that book states that “The First and Most Important Duty of Every Member is to provide for the Safety of the Public.”

That slogan is repeated at the head of the second page, and of the third page, and of every other one of the 154 pages in the book. It is the battle-cry of the railways. It is impressed upon the staff upon every possible occasion, and creates the “public safety” atmosphere within which the whole of their work must be done.

The result is indicated in the record of last year's operating, when not one single fatal accident occurred to any of the 26 million passengers carried. Does the result surprise you! Well, immunity of this kind does not come by luck! Sound management and safe practice lie at the back of it. While the human factor in the realm of accidents cannot be altogether eliminated, it can be—and has been—minimised, by constant improvements in safety appliances of the fool-proof variety, and by the perfecting of various transport checks.