On 6 Dec, 12:24, "Peter Masson" wrote:
"D7666" wrote



We are discussing passenger carrying trains, not empty ones, or those
not carrying people.

But we are all used to unstaffed passenger-carrying vehicles which follow a
vertical route. They do in general have 'platform-edge doors).


There seems to be a bit of a mix-up here between legal requirements
and whether individuals (including me) are uneasy at the thought of
being dragged to death by their anorak string, legal requirement or
not.

Also, the assumption that PEDs are the solution in any case may just
happen to follow from an observation that they are present with a lot
of fully automated railways. (I think they create problems of their
own: another thing to break down and another thing to get trapped in).

The detection in lifts is probably more sophisticated than on the DLR,
one is never far from a button that can be pressed. In the DLR the
time taken to notice, jump up and find the button is long enough for
someone to be killed.

Legal requirement or not, I would rather that the DLR remained staffed.