First China Highspeed Rail Accident

[toyota86]

In China, human life is cheap. Safety is expensive. Not cost effective to be safe. Its bad business. Liability and consequence don't exist. Just the way its always been.

[SkinnyPupp]

Originally Posted by Hehe

Aren't they suppose to conduct extensive studies with them to determine the exact cause of the incident?!?

[Hehe]

Originally Posted by J____

this was human error and bad system design. The first train got hit by lighting and stalled, the attendant didn't radio in to the station behind to warn the upcoming train. Then again they should have some sort of safety system where they detect the proximity of trains, if 1 is close to you within a certain distance, there should be auto warnings and slow downs.

I think train runs on a token like system? Like the entire way is separated into different small sections (like 5~10 miles) and the system only give token to a single train going the same direction at any given time.

Maybe China's system is different?

[static]

Originally Posted by mx703

Toyota huh?


I like German cars...
‪The Force: Volkswagen Golf GTI‬‏ - YouTube

You guys realize this train was made by a Canadian-Chinese - JV...(Bombardier)

Rail crash means Bombardier buying opportunity - The Globe and Mail

[StylinRed]

so HK News was saying there was no attempt to save lives after this accident

and when conducting the clean up of one of the cars they heard a scream and a child was found alive



i didnt actually watch the report though just heard this from my aunt who saw it today