In the case of Metrolink, for example, the system “sends up-to-date visual and audible information to train crew members about areas where the train needs to be slowed or stopped.” This information includes signal and switch status and position, speed limits and restrictions, track work and worker locations. PTC combines GPS spatial awareness with communications technology. PTC systems “work by monitoring the location and movement of trains, then slowing or stopping a train that is not being operated in accordance with signal systems and/or operating rules.” The solution the National Transportation Safety Board has been advocating for years is the Positive Train Control System (PTC).
But for those who see in large companies an aversion to personal responsibility and the heavy inertia characteristic of large organizations, this may seem as likely as peace on earth. How can this often fatal element be fixed? You could give rail employees regular shifts and not work them so hard. When the Metro-North train derailed in the Bronx in December, killing four and injuring dozens, it was because the engineer had fallen asleep.ĭriver fatigue and error has played a prominent and persistent role in fatal train wrecks.
#HEADON TRAIN SKETCH DRIVER#
When the Chicago commuter train jumped the bumper at O’Hare Airport in March, it was because the driver had fallen asleep.
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