London Banter - View Single Post - Northern line trip failures = lots of SPADs

Clive · October 14th 05, 02:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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He seems to have made a perfectly valid comment that requires an
answer, I would certainly like to know the answer. On the one hand you
have these highly trained, safety critical £32000pa or is it £35000pa
drivers, who should be capable of stopping a train at a signal. Or are
they irresponsible idiots who require a safety device to stop them at a
signal so that they can concentrate on their ipod. Surely the purpose
of the tripcock wasn't as a safety device just to
save the embarrassment of negligent drivers.
Trains very a lot between themselves and also between empty and loaded,
have you never seen a train over run a platform? Trainstops are there
for your safety not someone's convenience
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Clive