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[email protected] · April 25th 15, 02:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 24.04.15 12:42, Recliner wrote:
On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:48:01 +0000 (UTC),
d wrote:

On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 05:35:32 -0500
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In article , d
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On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:36:52 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
Given the tight curves and so on of the DLR system it might actually be
quite difficult to detect something at or exceeding your stopping
distance which is obstructing the tracks or even harder the bits
between or at the side of the tracks.

Presumably the only places you'd fit it is where people routinely get
near the tracks: stations. The detectors would be fitted in front of the
platforms (which are straight) and could stop a train coming into the
station if someone or something had fallen from a platform on to the
tracks. Aren't remotely monitored level crossings already fitted with
similar devices?

I'm surprised the RMT haven't picked up on this with an I-told-you-so
tagline. If they did they'd have a point. The DLR is a damn sight busier
than it was ever envisiged to be and I'm not convinced that not having the
train operator at the front is a good idea any more.

How many incidents have there been?

How many do their need to be? I think the DLR are lucky that for some reason
suiciders seem to prefer the tube or NR for their finale.

Perhaps I can refer you to what you said of the 2000 road deaths:

Around 2000 deaths pa

So what? That amount barely even registers in the total deaths in the UK
per annum which is about 500K. Also that amount has been dropping steadily
since the 70s despite the vast increase in the number of cars on our roads.

Anyway, guess what - life has risks. Get over it.

So you think 2000 road deaths 'barely even registers', but a single
DLR death is intolerable?

And if you think having a human driver would save lives on the DLR,
how come most of the rail fatalities happen with trains with human
drivers on the Tube and NR?

Aren't there detectors at stations that will either stop a train or cut
power in the event that somebody falls onto the tracks.

Skytrain in Vancouver has such a system, AIUI.