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Posted by steamdriven on Sat Feb 7 23:07:03 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by AlM on Sat Feb 7 16:54:34 2015. That's bosh. I can remember being on PCC's when the e-brake buzzer sounded and we slid into cars crossing the tracks. Nobody on the train went flying forward. Maybe there were not enough lawyers in those days.3 ingredients needed to provide better braking. Pick a better e-brake rate, 3.2mph/sec is pathetic. Distinctive buzzer sounds, then e-brake rate ramps up (within 1/2 second) Law changed to disallow or severely cap damages for e-brake application injuries. Passengers are still fully covered for fire, smoke, train-to-train impact etc, but "poor me I went flying because I wasn't holding a pole" gets a token amount or zero. It's possible that a standing 300# individual with their hands busy feeding their pie inlet will act as a low-speed missile, but how many such people are there standing in the commuter rail aisles? |
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