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Part part of the issue is that it changed about 20 years ago. The emergency brakes used to actually apply the brake, rather than signal the driver. But even whe

Part part of the issue is that it changed about 20 years ago. The emergency brakes used to actually apply the brake, rather than signal the driver. But even when I was a lad, there were signs on the trains saying 'if someone is unwell, don't apply the brake until the station - help will get to them faster'.

userbinator 7y ago
Makes a lot of sense and is very logical --- that person still has to get off the train somehow, and better at a station which the train is already going to, than to stop and wait somewhere between stations for help to arrive. Perhaps the reason people pull the brake is more of a panic reaction.