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Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3343 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
11-year-old boy laughs while leading cops on chase in stolen school bus The boy, who was not hurt, was charged with theft of a vehicle, aggravated flight, three counts of damage to property and one count of aggravated assault, police said. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
so starts another life of crime |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
“Human genius has its limits, but stupidity does not.”So true |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Military aircraft (Orion50) was only a couple miles away this time, but they didn't find him.“Human genius has its limits, but stupidity does not.”So true |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3343 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Hackers Use Billboards to Trick Self-Driving Cars Into Slamming on the Brakes ... “The attacker just shines an image of something on the road or injects a few frames into a digital billboard, and the car will apply the brakes or possibly swerve ..., |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Close call Thankfully no one injured. I know that road pretty well (A505) as often did deliveries in the Duxford area. From what I can remember, there is no junction anywhere near that petrol station which is not a HGV fuel stop, so have no idea where that truck driver was heading. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
One very lucky person. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21207 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
One very lucky person. Were they dreaming Moby Dick?... Ouch! Stay safe! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19398 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
A1 Scotch Corner: Cauliflowers strewn across road as lorry overturns North Yorkshire Police said: "Cauli Gosh. There's been a road traffic caulision. Let's hope it's a one off and not the first of five today." |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13854 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Yet another reason why idiots shouldn't be allowed to drive. An Adelaide woman has lost a bid to get out of a parking fine by trying to claim that a stranger could have moved her Mini Cooper in front of the "tatty" fire hydrant. Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Yet another reason why idiots shouldn't be allowed to drive.She may need to go to OPSN for a eye sight test. ;-) Cheers. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
It isn't only the B737 Max that has software problems ... Train crash: Driver's struggle with software 'led to collision' |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21207 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Train crash: Driver's struggle with software 'led to collision' So... What could possibly go wrong at 5mph in a train depo?... That outage sounds expensive and very much like an all-too-typical "operator error". That also highlights the importance of clear training (especially for that train) and for testing the driver's competence. And now we have, IIRC, for the newly revamped -
See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Yup, that's what it sounds like at first - just a parking lot shunt.Train crash: Driver's struggle with software 'led to collision'So... What could possibly go wrong at 5mph in a train depo?... But have a read of the full 55-page Rail Accident Investigation Branch report - they've really thrown the kitchen sink at this one, with global implications. And no - it wasn't just operator error, whatever the BBC sub-editor thinks. It's good to see that the RAIB, at least, is still doing its job properly. |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9958 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
It's good to see that the RAIB, at least, is still doing its job properly. I am on the mailing list for these reports which are always in depth and professional. However as they are not legally binding, I often wonder just how much notice the industry takes. Often these reports mention advice give from conclusions reached in previous accidents that have still not been acted upon years later. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22526 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
How much notice does the UK rail industry pay to RAIB reports? Well, that all depends, some organisations jump to attention and pay full attention and implement appropriate recommendations. Others sit there and go "Yeh, OK, but....". In a number of cases legal authorities have taken a very dim view of an organisation that has "ignored" an RAIB recommendation that would have mitigated a subsequent event, and forced that organisation to pay proper attention to these recommendations. However there is one very large organisation that appears to "delight" in ignoring recommendations and has had a lot of somewhat adverse reaction from legal authorities (this organisation was not involved in this particular accident). Looking at the report, I've not had time to study it properly, one thing that springs to mind is the way this driver had gone into "head down" mode because there was something amiss with his training and understanding of one of the displays, rather than being "head up" and watching where the train ahead was in relation to his train. The danger of many of the most recent trains is that is so much information given on these displays and the menus & displays on them can be, while complying with the mandatory standards, are far from easy or logical to follow, and do encourage a "head down" driving style. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22526 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
One "interesting" comment in the report is that the "new" train was actually less stable in a low-speed collision compared compared to its very much older cousin. In part this is down to the way the standards for stability and crash worthiness have changed over the years. From memory many year ago these standards covered speeds down to "waking pace" all the way up to maximum train speed, gradually the speed range to be considered was set by the maximum speed of the train, so while a train only capable of say 40mph one has to consider collisions and stability down to near stationery, for a train capable of over 100mph the lower speed increases to about 22mph, so doesn't cover the very low speed end (aside, the number of very low speed collisions is actually quite high, but the amount of damage is normally quite minimal). Having seen both trains I can say that the amount of damage to the "new" train is disproportionate to the amount of damage to the "old" one. The old one just required a new nose section plus inspection of the emergency coupler. While the new one had damage to the leading car, three of the inter-car couplers, the derailed bogies and a few other systems. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
In the initial report, 2 points caught my attention. The driver of the Azuma train had 39 years' experience, but it was only the third time he had operated the model unaccompanied, the RAIB said. It also said that the train firm failed to recognise the driver, who had only driven trains for two months in the two years before the accident, needed more training than his peers. Point 1: perfectly understandable. New trains, new layout, new controls. Forget point 2, answer in RAIB report. For health, personal and operational reasons, he had only driven trains for a period of two months in the two years prior to the accident.Nice of the BBC to omit that fact. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Interesting & informative report. TMS - Shades of MCAS! Paragraph 76: 76 The driver was unaware of this new feature because he had not been briefedToo much reliance on technology with one important principal missing: KISS. |
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