I'm starting a new thread so as not to distract from any discussion on how to PREVENT a similar problem on this thread on the Trap and Drag incident at Bushey.
After reading that report four questions, primarily aimed at Traincrew, Dispatch Staff and maybe others in the rail industry, came into my mind. Except in question 3, where I feel my initial assumption is at least reasonable, I am deliberately not inserting my own naive views. Finally I am unlikely to respond after this evening as I away travelling for a week.
The intent of this thread is to get people thinking and possibly save lives or prevent injury.
After reading that report four questions, primarily aimed at Traincrew, Dispatch Staff and maybe others in the rail industry, came into my mind. Except in question 3, where I feel my initial assumption is at least reasonable, I am deliberately not inserting my own naive views. Finally I am unlikely to respond after this evening as I away travelling for a week.
The intent of this thread is to get people thinking and possibly save lives or prevent injury.
- If I, or part of my closing, bags etc. are trapped (in order to keep this focused on the matter at hand please ignore the reason this might occur, assume 'no fault' on the part of either staff or passenger) and the train has not yet moved off what should I do to alert dispatch staff, traincrew etc. that the train should not move?
- If I, as a passenger on the platform spot the situation above, what should I do to prevent the train being allowed to move?
- I am going to assume that if I am on the train then the alarm handle or similar is what I should be using. Am I correct?
- Is it worthwhile, wise, etc. publicising, or developing a standard approach and then publicising, the answers to the three questions above?
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