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Old April 29th 15, 10:24 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default DLR - no collision detect?

On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 09:26:46 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
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Besides, I've been on a DLR train that did an emergency stop - presumably
when it lost its control signal - and took no time at all.

How far did it travel? Probably more than a few meters.


Don't know. But it stopped in a lot less than the 12 seconds that would have
been required to prevent that poor girl being run over.

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