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By *B9 Queen OP Woman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
So shocking - the driver allegedly posted a boast on Facebook that he was doing twice the speed limit just before the whole train derailed. Nearly 80 dead at the last count. |
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By *B9 Queen OP Woman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
It is only alleged at the moment - will be interesting if it is true.
However, despite that - why was he travelling way over the limit in a residential area? He must have ignored warning lights. |
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"there must have been a safety system failure .. its a wake up call for the high speed train operators"
this ..
surely the 'controller' or supervisors in the control room could see he was well over the limit.. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"It is only alleged at the moment - will be interesting if it is true.
However, despite that - why was he travelling way over the limit in a residential area? He must have ignored warning lights."
he may have been doing 120mph in a 50mph speed limit zone
the theory at the moment is the train was running 5 minutes late, and the driver may have been trying to make some of that time up.. but still madness...
the chilling thing is that 1/3 of all of the passengers on that train died.... |
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I don't think that anyone would enter a rather severe curve in the track at such breakneck speeds unless he was not aware of the approaching speed limit, or there was a malfunction in the warning system.
Spanish trains are efficient and rapid, I traveled on a few last year, but there are always going to be tragedies.
That is the price we pay for our "need to be somewhere yesterday" society....
R.I.P. 80 +  |
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