It does show a gap in training though.
I hope that the correct procedure has been reiterated to all drivers in the form of a bulletin or similar?
How can someone who clearly does not have a clue what he/she is talking about, state what should be trained to drivers?
Everything I saw commended the driver on his actions, he did the right thing, and that was protect life. In them situations, you can have seconds to make the right decisions.
The problem with emergencies and incidents, is that they can always be done better by the hindsight brigade. People forget, panic in the heat of the moment, it could of been a year since they had training on something. The problem is, you can train, train, and train for an emergency, but there are a few stumbling blocks that cause issues.
1) unexpected equipment faults: this situation sums it up perfectly.
2) equipment and people not behaving the same as the perfect environment of the training room, leading to confusing
3) you get training (and experience of) on emergencies and incidents once in a blue moon. By the time you've come round to having to do it, with stress and andrenaline pumping, mistakes are made. People cannot recall what buttons to press and in what order. It's human nature. Unless you do training every month, that cannot be accounted for
On the railway you need to be dynamic and react as the situation unfolds. If we were taught, and subsequently acted, to a script, we would come unstuck very quickly.
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