Re: [General] Stopping at signals - simple question

["Mr X" <Rail.bob.eastwestfreight@foothills.net>]

c) just because you have been authorised to proceed past a STOP signal, DOES
NOT GIVE YOU AUTHORITY TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT SIGNAL. This is authorisation
to pass a signal at stop. NOTHING MORE.
There are certain rules to be followed here.

Signals are not the factors that cause accidents. The factors are mistakes
made by people who do not operate according to rules. Also, perway is a
major factor, and also condition of railset (this caused Tokyo's worst
subway accident on the Hibiya-sen line). Signals are interlocked, so unless
illegally tampered with, are not a real factor to incidents.
Driver training....................................
This is a major cure for one of these factors.
Safety in electrified areas and alarm systems to alert employees of
potential hazards.



Gnome 412 <gnome412@hotmail.com> wrote in message
TPPg5.55068$N4.1773793@ozemail.com.au">news:TPPg5.55068$N4.1773793@ozemail.com.au...
> Ronald BESDANSKY wrote in message ...
> >Elementary train driving lesson 1:
> >            When you see a red signal, stop.
> >Why is this lesson being ignored so often these days?
> >Rgds
> >Ron BESDANSKY
>
>
> What if either
> a)  you don't see a red signal (e.g. an up train departing Redfern on the
> Down Illawarra) or a train that has pulled up short so that, after
changing
> ends, the red signal is behind the driver?
> b) you see lots of signals, some of which are green, and misjudge what
track
> you're on at Hornsby, or how far the green signal allows you to proceed at
> Waverton?
> c) you stop and are then properly authorised to proceed to the next
signal?
>
> I suspect that many of the recent Cityrail incidents fall into these
> categories.
>
> Rgds
>
>