Train Driver Nodded Off
occy
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The video shows the moment a train hit the station after the driver nodded off.
http://news.sky.com/story/1232642/cctv-shows-train-crash-after-driver-dozed-off
http://news.sky.com/story/1232642/cctv-shows-train-crash-after-driver-dozed-off
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I don't think they are literally a handle anymore - ones I've seen are a recessed button (presumably to stop the problem you outline!)
Ah right. I'm behind the times then.
A lot of older stock does still have a 'dead man's handle (or Driver's Safety Device as it is more politically correct to call it) or it can be a pedal.
In addition to the DSD modern stock now has to have a Vigilance device - this is an alarm which goes off after a minute if the driver makes no operations in the cab - power, brake, horn etc to ensure he is not incapacitated. If the vigilance goes off then he has about 7 seconds to acknowledge or else the brakes apply.
I'm fairly sure it does, after a particularly nasty crash in IIRC the 1960s.
:D:D
I want to die like my Granddad, peacefully in my sleep.
Not screaming and shouting like his passengers.