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by bobthepanda
327 days ago
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After a couple train crashes the FRA mandated PTC signalling everywhere, and in a world in which trains come to an automatic stop unless explicitly authorized to operate in the next segment, the old buff strength rules are not as important. Also, the old buff strength rules were not great at keeping people alive. 25 people died in the Chatsworth train collision that led to the PTC mandate, which compares poorly to a similar crash between two trains in Germany which killed 12. There is a reason why buff strength has not been the criteria for automobiles for decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chatsworth_train_collisio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Aibling_rail_accident |
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