Re: Head on in the Western district

[Andrew Price <aprice@mail.dotcom.fr>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:34:28 +1100, Eddie Oliver
<eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au> wrote:

>When people are talking about rules for passing automatic signals at
>stop, and arguing that it is unsafe to do so, they might care to
>consider the North American situation. There, large parts of the rail
>systems do not even have a "stop" indication on automatic (i.e.
>non-interlocking) signals. The most restrictive indication is "stop and
>proceed", "restricting", or similar - which amount to a "proceed
>prepared to stop clear of any obstruction" instruction.

This is also French practice.