Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Tony Gatt wrote in message <384B8017.ACA7BF6A@tig.com.au>...

>Not really. The automatic trip can be reset by the driver, and then the
train can continue. Trip arms
>are to stop you from passing a red signal without stopping. After the
"stop", the train can continue on
>as if the trip never existed.
>
>All that "may" have happened in this case is not only did the driver of the
IU have to stop and report
>the signal, he would have stopped a second time. This may have delayed, but
not prevented the accident
>from occuring.

Except that it *may* have served as a reminder to the driver that he was
passing a red signal, and he *may* have been travelling a bit slower
(because of the reminder) and he *may* have had ttime to stop.

Dave