If the train was going 26 mph at the stopping mechanism, and the speed limit is less than 26 mph, then it seems to me that the fault's both the operating employee's and the stopping mechanism's, and which one's more at fault I'm sure people can debate.
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schlimm Phoebe Vet Then it needs to be redesigned. Definitely. Goes to show that accidents are not always only the fault of operating employees.
Phoebe Vet Then it needs to be redesigned.
Then it needs to
be redesigned.
Dave
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I did not say that. perhaps I worded it poorly. Hardly "twisted logic." All I am saying is what the NTSB investigation has said. It was her fault to a large degree in this sense. By falling asleep, she put the train in danger. But the safety system failed to do its job, namely to stop a train in time when it was going too fast. What good is a safety system, which is supposed to be a correction for human error, if it was not designed to properly do its job?
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I agree Schlimm...this was either a poor design or application of the system....If the train were going 26mph at the control point, the system should have been designed to stop it at 26 mph. Evidently it is designed to stop the train only at track speed at that location. That don't work.
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Any place where a passenger occupied train is approaching an impenetrable barrier, there should be a system in place to prevent the overrun regardless of the actions of the operator.
A failure of that system does not, in any way, relieve the operator of liability for the collision.
Phoebe Vet Any place where a passenger occupied train is approaching an impenetrable barrier, there should be a system in place to prevent the overrun regardless of the actions of the operator. A failure of that system does not, in any way, relieve the operator of liability for the collision.
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