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Old September 7th 08, 09:14 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
Arthur Figgis Arthur Figgis is offline
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Default Accident in Croydon

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.


Presumably the road and tram signals are interlinked in some way, to
avoid a tram being sent into the path of cars, or vice versa.

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