| Home |
| Search |
| Today's Posts |
 |
|
Menu
| London Transport (uk.transport.london) Discussion of all forms of transport in London. |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|
| London Transport (uk.transport.london) Discussion of all forms of transport in London. |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#11
September 8th 08, 03:15 AM
posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
|
|||
|
|||
Accident in Croydon
Mizter T wrote:
On Sep 7, 8:46*pm, Chris Tolley wrote: Mizter T wrote: A bus swerving to avoid a car would appear to be the genesis of the accident. ... *if* (and that is a big if) the traffic signals had in some way malfunctioned then things would become more interesting given the interface between highway and tramway signalling. I don't follow your reasoning. If the genesis of the accident is a bus swerving to miss a car, then I can't see that the tram's signalling is in any way implicated. Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. In Croydon, as is the case elsewhere with other tram systems, the highway traffic control signals are linked in to the tram's signalling system so as to enable trams to negotiate a variety of road junctions - this evidently requires a more complex set of interlinking/interoperability (or even 'interlocking' as it were) between the highway signals and the tram network's signalling system. On top of that one can assume that at least some of the highway signals in the area are co-ordinated with each other as part of a traffic management setup (as I'm sure is the case in central Croydon). *If* the highway signals (indeed and the tram signals) had malfunctioned then this could have caused or contributed towards the car and/or bus (indeed and/or tram) being in the wrong place, hence the relevance of this factor. Okay, that's clearer. Thanks. -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9632771.html (20 077 at Buxton, Jun 1985) |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| Why is there always an accident at Clacket Lane on M25? | London Transport | |||
| Bizarre Battersea tow-truck - bus - bridge accident | London Transport | |||
| Camden Town: Low Bridge Accident | London Transport | |||
| accident claims in the uk compensation no win no fee | London Transport | |||
| LUL ACCIDENT INFO | London Transport | |||
Threaded Mode
