There was just word that Thailand just had our first Subway crash, in which the BMCL trains crashed around the Thai Cultural Centre station. On preliminary reports it said that a train tail-gated another train parked at the station causing about 2 dozen injuries - though none of them fatal. Luckily it wasn't a full speed - head on crash so things were less fatal than they are and certainly a wakeup call for the authorities to think more about the safety features.
Anyway, it just makes me curious because I do remember modern train systems have automatic train management systems, and it would automatically stop trains from crashing into each other if they see trains on the collision path. I've even played some of the simulators at the Transport Musuem at Japan nearly 15 years ago in which it allowed children to play with the entire train system in Tokyo and no matter how hard we tried, the train would never crash due to installed safety systems. This makes me believe that either the software managing the train are either faulty or either the train drivers overide the system. Whatever it is, we got to wait for more information.
On a strange note, I was scheduled to leave my home and go on the subway to get a few grocers just a few minutes before the news happen at the exact station where the crash happened. Talk about luck.
2 comments:
!!+_+, It shouldn’t happened …How’s come!!!
Thank Lord Buddha, you’re alright :)
WOw lucky u .. and other ppl who not injured that much ..
yeah like u said the system should have a halt system if there is another train coming in the same direction ..
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