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Old Jul 23, 2011 | 11:28 am
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Originally Posted by anacapamalibu
Why the second train didn't stop seems more important.

Human Error? i.e. Chatsworth 2008:Metrolink Train Engineer sending text messages while on duty.
To me, it's a more a systematic problem than a human error. I surely hope China's high speed and semi-highspeed trains don't rely on the conductor to look at a red light (trackside or onboard) at 250km/h or 300km/h and have to manually slow the train down when there's a stopped train in front.

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