The train always wins

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 12/11/2018 at 09:35 • Filed to: None

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And for the most part, zero fux were given. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 09:39

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That looks like a fun job. Srsly.

facw > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 09:40

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Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 09:46

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There are a lot of incidents like this involving trams. I thin k there’s a perception by road users that trams move slowly and just don’t matter and anyway they can just get out of your way....

Aremmes > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 09:59

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Holy crap, that kid with the skateboard. JFC, kids, look both ways before you cross!

ttyymmnn > facw 12/11/2018 at 10:04

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Looks like somebody else reads Fail Blog too.

ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin 12/11/2018 at 10:05

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The complete lack of reaction by the driver tells me that this is not the first car they have hit.

ttyymmnn > Aremmes 12/11/2018 at 10:05

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Don’t those things have horns?

Aremmes > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 10:11

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I know, right? A short blast from an A irchime would've kept that kid safely out of the way. But they're only good when actually used, and the driver only seemed to reach for the speed control.

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 10:17

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Part of a tram driver’s life I guess. At least they’re spared something that often affects tra in drivers - sui cide by train. There’s said to be at least one driver in the UK who is in d ouble figures.

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 10:25

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Bells, traditionally, although nowadays they use an electronical ly generated noise. Somewhat surprisingly bell and hor n are often foot operated.

ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin 12/11/2018 at 10:46

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I have read stories about how many drivers, particularly subway drivers, are traumatized by people committing suicide in front of their train. It must be awful. 

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 10:47

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ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin 12/11/2018 at 10:49

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I noticed that stopping the train was a function of throttling to zero, or some emergency stop position, rather than hitting brakes. I imagine there are lots of good reasons for not having foot-operated controls as in a car, beyond just tradition.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 10:52

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That kind of nonchalance can only come from conductors who have been  specifically told they are safe from liability.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 12/11/2018 at 10:52

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My mom used to work as an EMT in rural IL (Sandwich, Plano, Somonauk ). More than once, she had to respond to a car that had been hit by a train. It was not pretty, as you might imagine.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 10:56

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No, it’s not. I worked in the RR industry for 8 years, and have talked to plenty of people on the other side - engineers and conductors that see the whole thing unfold right in front of their eyes. Completely helpless to do anything but watch - pretty scarring, of course.

I was once on a train that hit a car at about 25-30 mph.  We did not even *feel* it.  Seriously.  

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 11:01

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They’re finally starting up the tram here in St Louis, in the Central West End. Given how many of the local residents are complete twatwaffles behind the wheel, I think that in less than a  year you’ll see a video twice as long for our one little segment of tramway.

vicali > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 11:14

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Each time you can see the look of ‘more paperwork’ cross the drivers face.. I would guess that you would get used to it. The kid would ruin your day..

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/11/2018 at 11:16

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“twatwaffle”

That’s a new one. I like it.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 11:33

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Its shocking how none of these tram drivers seem to give a shit

Cé hé sin > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 11:43

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Combined power and brake lever. Push to go and pull to stop (or vice versa depending on where you are). Trams use mechanical and electrical braking, the same as electric trains, but I believe they have emergency magnetic braking using the rails as well.

There’s no standardisation whatever for rail vehicle controls except that mainline ones have an emergency brake button as so (red knob with yellow bezel):

This one’s push to stop and pull to go (UK tradition) with one lever, but you could have separate power and brake and then sepa rate controls for mechanical and rege nerative braking and they could be on either side. Think getting into a car and having to learn which pedal does what and which way the wheel turns... .

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 11:45

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From a post I did a day or two ago:

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 11:51

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Do these think not make a significant amount of noise? If not, they clearly should (especially in the instance  with the kid).

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Cé hé sin 12/11/2018 at 11:53

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Ugh. What a fucking asshole way to end it. Like suicide by cop.

You’re done? Fine. But be a man/woman and don’t make someone else have to deal with that shit for the rest of their life.

ttyymmnn > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 12/11/2018 at 12:08

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This probably isn’t the first time for any of them to hit a car.

ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin 12/11/2018 at 12:10

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I would imagine it’s also a dead-man’s handle arrangement too, where the power would move to “off” if the driver releases the control.

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/11/2018 at 12:10

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That’s impressive. It seems that twatwaffle is actually rather well used.

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/11/2018 at 12:11

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I’m surprised that they don’t seem to have a horn. Being electric, though, I bet they are pretty quiet.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 12:21

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Big thing with metal wheels... Amazing how much noise our brains filter out in a city, though.

kanadanmajava1 > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 12:33

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Trains usually win but not always. This firetruck managed to fight a tram and derailed it . T h e t r u c k still managed to s ta y in a surprisingly good condition.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 12/11/2018 at 14:26

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I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the study was conducted in the UK. ‘Wankpuffin’, which is now in my phone’s dictionary, is something I’ve never heard before, and the lack of a ‘ -bag’ column, amongst others expressed by our compatriots here, show that it still needs a little work to fit in with American norms for insults.