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Originally Posted by Pierre
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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Pierre THERE are track circuits which did put the signals to RED (Danger in Railway speak), but he had been there literally seconds when the accident happened. The accident was unavoidable as the trains had NO TIME TO STOP. I think it is more up to the Highways Agency to ensure that cars don't leave the motorway on bridges (IE better fencing - catch fencing for example).
How fast can a train brake??? Think about it. It generally takes the space of 4 '4 aspect' signals for a 100 MPH or 125MPH train to stop. As these are spaced approx a mile, that is nearly 4 miles!