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Galician/Spanish Train Crash

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  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,917
    edited July 2013
    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
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    That was when the boil in bag drivers came on line without the training they needed,spads nearly everyday then!!!

  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,978
    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
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    Seems the driver was a c****
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,465
    richie8 said:

    Seems the driver was a c****

    Insightful.
  • RZA
    RZA Posts: 176
    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
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    Leroy Ambrose said:

    richie8 said:

    Seems the driver was a c****

    Insightful.
    Just being concise!
  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    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
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    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
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    Another one in Switzerland now

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

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

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