Train crash in Spain

[DPrime]

Heard he was called by another driver asking about a route and he was busy looking at a map and didn't notice the slow down sign 4km earlier.

Sounds like a BS excuse to me.

I'll be the first to admit that I don't know a thing about conducting a train. However, I do know a bit about pilotage and coastal navigation, which I can reasonably assume is at least as dangerous if not more so, so I'm going to go ahead and hazard a comparison here: Routes are laid out and planned in advance - given the nature of trains, I'm sure this is the case for them as well. He should - no WOULD - have known the turn was coming well in advance, sign or not.

I'm not saying he did this intentionally, but there is some gross negligence going on here... There's no way it's as simple as missing a "slow down" sign.

 

[Intruder04]

they're saying he was on his cell phone and missed the signal to slow for the curve.

Whaaat???
Someone oughta kick his *** to death

Heard he was called by another driver asking about a route and he was busy looking at a map and didn't notice the slow down sign 4km earlier.

He's charged with 79 murders caused by carelessness which'll probably be classified as unintentional murder.

Sounds like a BS excuse to me.

I'll be the first to admit that I don't know a thing about conducting a train. However, I do know a bit about pilotage and coastal navigation, which I can reasonably assume is at least as dangerous if not more so, so I'm going to go ahead and hazard a comparison here: Routes are laid out and planned in advance - given the nature of trains, I'm sure this is the case for them as well. He should - no WOULD - have known the turn was coming well in advance, sign or not.

I'm not saying he did this intentionally, but there is some gross negligence going on here... There's no way it's as simple as missing a "slow down" sign.

Even I don't know about conducting a train but I'm damn sure that drivers carry a handbook detailing the entire route with curves, speed limits, level-crossings etc. And to think of it, this is a modern railroad. If he missed the slow down signal or was well above the speed limit, he will be given a visual as well as an audible warning in the driver cabin. Fail safe systems employed should've applied the brakes on the train. And where the hell was the co-driver and the train guard? Were they posting on FB too?

Moreover, why would any driver call him to ask about any route when the same can be ascertained by the control room(or whatever you call it)? And if he really was helping him and looking at a map thereby missing a slow down signal, then it's sheer negligence on his part. No effin excuses.

 

[Doctor Who]

Well, BS or not, the black box confirmed it. He'll get away with a lot of it I'm sure.

 

[Intruder04]

Well, BS or not, the black box confirmed it. He'll get away with a lot of it I'm sure.

What did it confirm? That he was overspeeding?

 

[Doctor Who]

What did it confirm? That he was overspeeding?

No, that he was indeed busy aiding another driver while going the correct speed and missing the signals to slow down because of it. There were no safety measures on the rails so the train couldn't stop automatically (Most of Europe does have that safety, but that line didn't) and there were no indications of that corner in time for the guy to brake.