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Old December 17th 03, 09:50 PM posted to uk.transport,uk.transport.air,uk.transport.london
Chris Jones Chris Jones is offline
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Default Massive Airport expansion announced

Because trains are pretty safe at 183mph whereas cars are
pretty dangerous.


But train tracks don't have the visibility for 183 mph. If some kids throw
some garbage onto the line (like they did a few weeks ago when they pushed a
car onto the CTRL), by the time the train driver sees it, too late he's
dead. He can't steer around it or take any other avoiding action.
Sounds pretty dangerous to me.