Re: Beresfield Accident Findings

["Tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au>]

wallaby@fl.net.au wrote in message <6ica03$tml$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>  Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au> wrote:


>> > >Burlington Northern was using such a system over a decade ago. Train
>> > >controllers could use what they called "remote intervention" and
activate
>> > >the train brakes if necessary.


>> in the suburban area with trips at all signals. This would stop any train

>I know the enginemen hate the thought of it,  but wouldn't it be simpler to
>install a vigilance device in parallel with or in lieu of the deam man
device
>on electric trains?



Vigos are no good, it's been proven that you can keep pressing the button in
your sleep. This is probably what happened at Beresfield, though I haven't
read the actual report.

>Sure,  this doesn't protect against colour blindness


You can't drive a train in NSW if you're colour blind.

 >or lack of concentration,
>but by the look of the post on Beresfield,  the cause was *sleep*,  and a
>dead-man handle or pedal(like the XPT or Tangara) would prevent accidents
>caused by sleep or some other fit or attack which would prevent an
engineman
>from operating the train properly.


Having two Drivers supposedly overcame that problem.