From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,732030daa45ab98a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 115aec,732030daa45ab98a X-Google-Attributes: gid115aec,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-27 16:36:03 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!194.213.69.151!news.algonet.se!algonet!pepsi.tninet.se!not-for-mail From: Stefan Skoglund Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.realtime Subject: Re: European train deaths Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:51:05 +0200 Organization: Telenordia Message-ID: <3AE9DBB9.CBF53934@ebox.tninet.se> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: du34-241.ppp.algonet.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: cubacola.tninet.se 988414399 19303 195.100.241.34 (27 Apr 2001 23:33:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@algo.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Apr 2001 23:33:19 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: sv,en,en-US Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7002 comp.realtime:2432 Date: 2001-04-27T23:33:19+00:00 List-Id: Colin Paul Gloster wrote: > in the U.K. had to do with a light signalling error if > memory serves correctly but I do not recall if this had > anything to do with software. It may be worthwhile to investigate this -- > would any of ye happen to remember if computers were involved in these > locomotive incidents? At least in the case of the crash in Norway bad programming cant be blamed. that particular piece of track doesn't ATC ie it is run the same way as the old Preston-Manchester Railway from 1830.