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DLR and one-unders
Here in Vancouver, skytrain stations have a mounted grate between the tracks
which are alarmed with pressure sensors. If someone falls or climbs onto the guideway all trains in the local area are stopped immediately. All Skytrains are automated/driverless. If you really wanted to you could throw yourself under a Skytrain but the trains travel at a sufficiently slower speed on station entry to make it harder. Trust anyone who has ever been on a Skytrain that has had to brake suddenly, they stop very very fast. Fast enough in fact that if you are at speed when the emergency brakes activate you can really feel the effect on your body, and it ain't pleasant. Mike "Lars Elmvang" wrote in message . .. Today was the first one-under on the Copenhagen driverless Metro, and that leads me to ask: how much of a problem is it with people falling/jumping and in any other way suddenly appearing in front of trains at DLR? In Copenhagen there is a system of photocells by the platforms meant to stop the train if someone decides to take a walk along the rails, but it'd still be possible to jump/fall right infront of a train. Before you make assumptions - the accident here happened at about 1700 local time, and investigation is still going on as to the reasons to the one-under. The victim possibly survives. Unfortunately also 5 passengers is currently receiving psycological first aid at the university hospital in Copenhagen -- Lars Elmvang -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Min mailadresse finder du ved kun at skrive det overeksponerede domænenavn én gang |
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