I'm surprised that it took 16 years for this to happen. How did the designers not realize that the warning sign about the curve and the speed limit needs to be in the tunnel? What is the point of having a sign so close to the junction if by then it's too late to start braking?
The tramway is a small network and drivers will pass through this area 6 to 10 times on every shift. Unlike trains, the trams run alongside other vehicles in certain areas, so they are driven more like busses than trains. What happened that morning has still not been satisfactorily resolved. The most likely explanation was that the driver was dozing or fell asleep.
This is true, so my brother usually goes on that tram to get to work, he looked at the times and decided to walk, I don't know if this was a coincidence but it did shock me that this nearly happened to my brother. As soon as we heard about this on the news, we called him to ask if he was okay. He was fine, and lucky. I know I'm 3 years late to this. But I think the story was still worth telling. Since i remembered about it today.
After the Paddington Railway Disaster, automated braking systems were brought in An electronic overhead tram is not so different from a train so I don't know why that is ruled out after this 'Lack of evidence' seems dubious.
Wow! Speed dumps would be a great idea to protect the train in case of a medical emergency with the operator. Speed signage is way to close to the curve, perhaps gradual speed signage (80kph to 50kph to 20kph) to slow the train through the curve. However, management will never admit to design flaw in the form of an improvement. By looking at the video, comming out of the tunnel the glare from the sun could be an issue with visability, leaves and possibly a damp or wet railhead could cause wheel slippage effecting the breaking and slowing the train down to 20kph. Too many factors.... a perfect storm...
The tramway is a small network and drivers will pass through this area 6 to 10 times on every shift. Unlike trains, the trams run alongside other vehicles in certain areas, so they are driven more like busses than trains. What happened that morning has still not been satisfactorily resolved. The most likely explanation was that the driver was dozing or fell asleep.
Noe Naame Why the sarcastic tone. That turn is seriously tight. All it takes is another unconscious driver and the same thing happens again. Implementing speed inhibitors is not hard. The underground is going through an automation transformation. Look at the Central, Northern and Jubilee lines. They are practically fully automated and that is using the old stock trains. There is no reason why speed inhibitors which are so much less complicated be used in a tram system to help prevent an accident like this from happening again. Especially with such tight corners.
I wouldn't compare trams to the underground, that's a completely different beast. But maybe TPWS OSS from National Rail could be used quite cheaply to somewhat alleviate the problem.
And it's nothing to do with signage, drivers are trained and go pass that point every day several times a day so they know what to do, its down to maverick drivers its that simple and this should never of happened.
how did 7 people die, I am thinking that the over sized windows are to blame for the deaths,top heavy design, lack of seat belt usage, and a lack of automation. people make errors, so don't make it so easy for mistakes to happen
I don't get why the tram tipped over on the side it did from what I know about physics any form of car is more weighted on the tightist side of a curve, so I would have thought the tram would have tipped over to its left and not the right as this one did.
The tram was pushed over slowly. That might explain all the trucks that were seen by several sandilands residents a day before this event was reported, carrying huge machinery including a large crane. Moreover roads in immediate proximity were blocked off by police hours before this event happened. In other words a staged event with actors playing victims. All to push an agenda for automated driverless cars, trucks, trams etc...the narrative is alll carefully controlled
There is many stops before sandilands stop. I been on that stretch many times, the drivers ALWAYS speed down that tunnel, I knew this was gonna happen at some point.
