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Originally Posted by cjmillsnun
Great Heck was the only accident where the railways had no blame, and that tw*t who fell asleep at the wheel of his car ought to be shot.
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I take great exception to that. The blame for the accident should not fall squarely on the shoulders of that **** as you so elequently call him.
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Originally Posted by SMHarman
However you can point a finger toward the railways. The French TGV network has a fairly simple cable arrangement around all road bridges. If these cables are snapped (by say a car landing on them) all signal in the area trip to red slowing / stopping trains and preventing or reducing the speed of the collision.
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Exactly... what if someone blew a tyre or some other type of crash, the result would have been the same. The Rail authority must take (I believe) the lions share of the blame by failing to ensure the safety of their passengers.