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There is absolutely no reason to suddenly stop the train in the middle of a high speed movement between the stations. Maybe while train still at the station. B
by gesman 7y ago
There is absolutely no reason to suddenly stop the train in the middle of a high speed movement between the stations.
Maybe while train still at the station. But not during the movement in the middle of tunnel.
Definitely not relying on random passenger making such decision.
This capability need to be disabled to avoid hurting people. Replace it with the button to communicate with local authorities.
- thinkingemote 7y agoThat's what the passenger "brake" in the carriages actually does. The brake in the driver cab is the actual thing being used in this article.
- inferiorhuman 7y agoIn San Francisco the emergency stop button in the (older) trams will indeed trigger the emergency brakes directly. I'm OK with this — take a look at the Eschede disaster. One of the passengers was suspicious of all the vibration but decided he didn't have the authority to stop the train. Turns out the eventual derailment stopped the train.