DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post - Spanish train driver charged with 79 counts of homicide

**softy54534** · 08-10-2013, 12:08 AM

Train was going on a fast line (200km/h) and needed to slow down for the corner to 80km/h from 4km away. At the same point the train safety management system switches over from the ETCS to the domestic Spanish system. I'm no expert on train driving or management systems but it's quite possible a series of failures occurring simultaneously could have resulted in the train not responding to the brakes and the train control system not activating correctly.
Plus, I highly doubt someone who's been driving high-speed trains for over 10 years would have been crazy enough to override the systems and take such a tight corner at double the speed limit.

08-10-2013, 12:08 AM	#9
softy54534 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,457 Senior Member	Train was going on a fast line (200km/h) and needed to slow down for the corner to 80km/h from 4km away. At the same point the train safety management system switches over from the ETCS to the domestic Spanish system. I'm no expert on train driving or management systems but it's quite possible a series of failures occurring simultaneously could have resulted in the train not responding to the brakes and the train control system not activating correctly. Plus, I highly doubt someone who's been driving high-speed trains for over 10 years would have been crazy enough to override the systems and take such a tight corner at double the speed limit.
	Quote