Galician/Spanish Train Crash

cafckev

In the late 80's and early 90's when I was a signalman I was shocked at how often I had a SPAD ( Signal Passed At Danger) and how the idea of a advanced warning/breaking system was rejected on the grounds of costs.
Nearly all the drivers admitted losing focus was the cause and not speed. Today seems a very strange incident because it seems that speed is the only cause as the driver admitted speeding.

RIP to all those who will never reach their destination.

richie8

That was when the boil in bag drivers came on line without the training they needed,spads nearly everyday then!!!

Swisdom

richie8 said:

That was when the boil in bag drivers came on line without the training they needed,spads nearly everyday then!!!

They paid £80 for their training. In Doncaster

richie8

Seems the driver was a c****

Leroy Ambrose

richie8 said:

Seems the driver was a c****

Insightful.

RZA

NathanPrior said:

Bedsaddick said:

The trains i work on dont have anything called ABS but if your talking about DSD ( drivers safety device) then the answer is 55 to 60 seconds. But all trains differ. Enjoy your sleep.

Wrong, it's 2.5 seconds

Nobody cares.

richie8

Leroy Ambrose said:

richie8 said:

Seems the driver was a c****

Insightful.

Just being concise!

BIG_ROB

If what's being reported is true, its unbelievable that in the year 2013, this kind of thing can happen purely down to human error.

nth_london_addick

It is unreal and worrying that this can happen due to one person rob I bet train companies across the world are looking into what they have in place

NathanPrior

Another one in Switzerland now

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23494203

"It doesn't rain, it pours" comes to mind here