Re: Amtrak victims: Investigative findings easy to believe
Author: Bon Mot
Date: 05-22-2016 - 10:16
RVJ Refugee Wrote:
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> fkrock Wrote:
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> > Something else that can cause an engineer to
> > become unaware of location is something called
> > micro-sleep. It is recognized by medical
> > authorities.
> >
> > At one trolley museum micro-sleep caused an
> > operator to run past the end of the trolley
> wire.
> > He was standing at the controller with his eyes
> > open when it happened. A rigorous medical exam
> > revealed no other problems. Fortunately the
> track
> > continued long past the end of wire so the only
> > problem that resulted was a diesel locomotive
> had
> > to go out to tow the trolley car back under the
> > wire.
>
> Gee, good thing they had a diesel (LOL)!
Touche', mon amie . . .