View Poll Results: What should the height of rails be on cruise ships?

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  • 54 inches (new proposal)

    4 14.29%

  • 42 inches (current height)

    23 82.14%

  • Safety at all costs! Seal all the balcony doors!

    0 0%

  • Rails? We don' need no steenkin' rails. Rails are for wimps

    1 3.57%

  • Some other height

    0 0%
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  1. 08-02-2009, 02:09 PM #1
    nealberk
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    Cruise ship railings

    Well, Congress has decided to not be stupid and require cruise ships to have railings 54 inches tall instead of 42 inches, how do you feel about it?
    Neal (International Association of Troublemakers)

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  2. 08-02-2009, 02:18 PM #2
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    Good. They are high enough for the normal person. If someone is intent on going over they wii climb on something to get it done. On a ship there are any number of places to jump/fall and railings of any hight would not stop it. They only way it can stop is if they enclose ships totally.
    Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me! I want people to know why I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.


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  3. 08-02-2009, 02:22 PM #3
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    There is nothing wrong with the hight of the rails now. You can't fall over the railing unless you are doing something stupid.
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  4. 08-02-2009, 02:22 PM #4
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    It sounds like someone in congress decided to do something right, by not doing something.
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  5. 08-02-2009, 02:29 PM #5
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    You got that right.
    I think the public is SAFEST when congress is on vacation~
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  6. 08-02-2009, 03:27 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lanky Lad View Post
    There is nothing wrong with the hight of the rails now. You can't fall over the railing unless you are doing something stupid.
    Totally agree

    Quote Originally Posted by Blizzard View Post
    It sounds like someone in congress decided to do something right, by not doing something.
    Totally agree

    Quote Originally Posted by canarymoon View Post
    You got that right.
    I think the public is SAFEST when congress is on vacation~
    Totally agree
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  7. 08-02-2009, 04:04 PM #7
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    The rails are just fine. Don't the crazies have enough to do without trying to control every aspect of our lives!!
    Debbie
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  8. 08-02-2009, 08:39 PM #8
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    54"

    If anyone is wondering where 54" came from, it is the height for sidewalk rail on bridges as specified in the AASHTO specifications for roadways & bridges. AASHTO is the design code all US bridges and also adopted by many other countries.

    Personally, I have no problem w/ the present height.

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  9. 08-02-2009, 09:20 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by cruise4me View Post
    If anyone is wondering where 54" came from, it is the height for sidewalk rail on bridges as specified in the AASHTO specifications for roadways & bridges. AASHTO is the design code all US bridges and also adopted by many other countries.

    Personally, I have no problem w/ the present height.

    Paul
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    Thanks for the insight, Paul.
    Frubals for you!
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  10. 08-02-2009, 09:39 PM #10
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    54 inches is TOO high to rest your arms on while gazing at the ocean! For us shorter folks, anyway. What's next, prison bars on our verandas?
    Past cruises-Zuiderdam, Oct. 2009 / Emerald Princess, Oct. 2008 /Voyager of the Seas, Mar. 2007 /Oosterdam, Nov. 2007 /Adventure of the Seas, Mar. 2006 /Zuiderdam, Mar. 2005, /Maasdam, Mar. 2001, /Veendam, Dec. 2001, and many others
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