And Hi again.
Coming at this from a technical point of view now, it's surprising that there was no form of trainstop for the red.
We have TPWS
(Linky here...TPWS) which is fitted on mainline signals where there is risk of head-on or side collision. It dumps the brake if you approach too fast, or go past a red signal. Crude but effective.
This is a stop-gap until the European Rail Traffic Management System (
Linky here..ERTMS) is introduced. This will ultimately do away with all signals & signs and ensure that tha no train can do what it isn't allowed to. But it will cost so much money that I doubt i'll see it working in my lifetime.
I wonder if Oz is subjected to a similar regime of "we haven't fitted this, because one day we will have that" ?
Cheers, BW