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They are currently not mandatory, although almost all new units have 'em. Personally, I usually hate them. If they are working right they are at best annoying, if they aren't working right (going off too quickly, not reseting for horn, throttle, brake, etc) they can be almost dangerous. Like ""one car to a joint"" and you're busy resetting the darn alerter instead of running the engine. I did doze off once on an engine equiped with an alerter, but it wasn't the alerter that woke me up it was my conductor, who I usually tell if I'm having trouble staying awake. I'd say 90% of the time I don't need the things, but I suppose the other 10% might be worth it if the cond. can't stay awake either (and do we know any who can?? lol). I suppose I'll just put up with 'em the rest of the time. It would be nicer if they weren't needed because we would know when we are going to work and could rest up for it but I guess that's just fantasy land...... No, seriously, I wi***here was a way to have 'em on when you know you're tired and not have on when you are doing o.k. Actually they could be used as a "snooze button" alarm clock, where you doze between resets. I've seen engineer's do this, when I was a conductor. There needs to be something else, I don't know what, but I know that button doesn't prevent you from sleeping. I guess maybe back to fantasy land of real schedules and knowing at least within a few hours of when you are going to work......
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