21-06-2012, 10:51 AM
Hi All,
I had a look at this yesterday with my study 'partner'. We were along the same lines as the previously submitted answers so there is no point submitting a full answer but there were a couple of questions that came up we would like your feed back on.
The question states a train enters an occupied section. Now I read this to mean that there was a train already in the section. However could this also be interpreted to mean perhaps there was a fallen tree or supermarket trolley etc. How would you interpret occupied? Is it a train being there, something being there or something detected as being there. If the tree falls and shorts the track is that different to not shorting the track? Or is this unnessacary nit picking?
2ndly who would investigate an inccident such as this. My first thought was RAIB which I still beleive to be correct, I subscribe to there website and I can understand how they work but they don't attribute blame. Others do attribute blame as NR have had a couple of payouts recently due to LXing deaths, it this done by British transport police?
Finally would the approach to investigating be more focussed or open minded. Would the investigator say this was the likely cause lets check for that and take it from there or would it be a general approach covering all the bases? If I take this question example for in cab CCTV may show the driver passed a red aspect and therefore would rule out any trackside or interlocking issues as the cause, saving a lot of time and money in testing.
Thanks for the support
I had a look at this yesterday with my study 'partner'. We were along the same lines as the previously submitted answers so there is no point submitting a full answer but there were a couple of questions that came up we would like your feed back on.
The question states a train enters an occupied section. Now I read this to mean that there was a train already in the section. However could this also be interpreted to mean perhaps there was a fallen tree or supermarket trolley etc. How would you interpret occupied? Is it a train being there, something being there or something detected as being there. If the tree falls and shorts the track is that different to not shorting the track? Or is this unnessacary nit picking?
2ndly who would investigate an inccident such as this. My first thought was RAIB which I still beleive to be correct, I subscribe to there website and I can understand how they work but they don't attribute blame. Others do attribute blame as NR have had a couple of payouts recently due to LXing deaths, it this done by British transport police?
Finally would the approach to investigating be more focussed or open minded. Would the investigator say this was the likely cause lets check for that and take it from there or would it be a general approach covering all the bases? If I take this question example for in cab CCTV may show the driver passed a red aspect and therefore would rule out any trackside or interlocking issues as the cause, saving a lot of time and money in testing.
Thanks for the support