LRET/Imperial College Annual Lecture, 2008
The LRET funds The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust Transport Risk Management Centre, located within the Centre for Transport Studies (CTS), at Imperial College London. The aims of the Transport Risk Management Centre are to carry out research and teaching in the risks related to any mode of transport: rail, road, aviation and water.
The LRET funds The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust Transport Risk Management Centre, located within the Centre for Transport Studies (CTS), at Imperial College London. The aims of the Transport Risk Management Centre are to carry out research and teaching in the risks related to any mode of transport: rail, road, aviation and water.
The Centre is concerned especially with safety risks, as well as with other forms of risks, e.g. environmental. The Transport Risk Management Centre collaborates actively with other staff in the Centre for Transport Studies who are already working in these fields. In addition, the Chair and the LRET select a suitable speaker to deliver a lecture concerning industry-related issues at the annual LRET/Imperial College Lecture.
Details of the 2008 Lecture
Annual Lecture in Transport Risk Management
Imperial College London and Lloyd's Register Educational Trust.
Clore Lecture Theatre, Huxley Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ
Dr Chris Elliott
Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and
Non-executive Director of the Office of Rail Regulation
Transport safety - is the law an ass?
In the Chair: Professor David Nethercot, Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
Vote of Thanks: Michael Franklin, Director, Lloyd's Register Educational Trust
Abstract: We expect the law to deliver what society demands, to require those who are responsible for
our safety to strike the proper balance between safety, cost and performance. But does it - for all modes of transport (walking, cycling, road, rail, sea and air) and whether we are chauffeured by professionals or driving as amateurs? What does society demand - is it what the media say? What does the law demand - why are its principles so different for each mode? And do either of them reflect what is achievable at reasonable cost, or even possible at all?
Biography: Dr Chris Elliott FREng is a system engineer and a barrister. As an engineer, he has worked in aerospace, energy, construction and road and rail transport in the UK and across Europe. As a lawyer he has practiced in transport, environmental and public law and is a health and safety specialist. Chris is also a Visiting Professor at Imperial College and Bristol University and is a non-executive director of the Office of Rail Regulation.
Attachments:Presentation slides (1.1mb pdf)