DerekC
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We should be careful that we don't rush to judgement on this one. RAIB made it clear that they will be looking at train braking system function and performance as well as wheel/rail adhesion.
And the wider safety context has to be considered, too. I don't want to sound uncaring - it must have been a very traumatising event even for those who weren't injured, but how many injuries and fatalities have been down to wheel slide over the past thirty years, and does the risk justify spending squillions of pounds on fitting track brakes or eddy current brakes?
How does the benefit compare with (for example) spending the same money on road safety? That's the cold, hard calculation that has to be done.
Collision and derailment near Salisbury (Fisherton Tunnel) 31/10/21
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We should be careful that we don't rush to judgement on this one. RAIB made it clear that they will be looking at train braking system function and performance as well as wheel/rail adhesion.
And the wider safety context has to be considered, too. I don't want to sound uncaring - it must have been a very traumatising event even for those who weren't injured, but how many injuries and fatalities have been down to wheel slide over the past thirty years, and does the risk justify spending squillions of pounds on fitting track brakes or eddy current brakes?
How does the benefit compare with (for example) spending the same money on road safety? That's the cold, hard calculation that has to be done.
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