It wouldn't do any harm in having them and as mentioned previously Manchester Metrolink has them, whether they have avoided any accidents is impossible to say but in all honesty I doubt it. Something that would bring the tram to a halt if it hadn't reduced speed sufficiently would be of far more use, how practical that is on a tram system I don't know.
I don't see why it wouldn't be practical, as if a driver is following the correct speeds then surely they would have no effect?
In terms of cost, perhaps tramways have a lot more fast - slow sections that would require a TPWS, but it isn't really acceptable to use cost as an excuse to not implement safety features.
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It wouldn't do any harm in having them and as mentioned previously Manchester Metrolink has them, whether they have avoided any accidents is impossible to say but in all honesty I doubt it. Something that would bring the tram to a halt if it hadn't reduced speed sufficiently would be of far more use, how practical that is on a tram system I don't know.
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But you haven't explained how such features would reduce the risk of a crash.
Fatigue is far more likely to occur later in the day but anyway there is little point speculating further about what the driver did or didn't do.
Would have detected overspeed and brought on the track brakes.
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