12-17-2021, 08:23 PM
(12-17-2021, 02:35 PM)Acitta Wrote:(12-17-2021, 02:13 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: I would go so far as to say that in some circumstances the train should not use its emergency brakes. If a toddler runs out from the sidewalk onto a street-running section then emergency brake application is appropriate; but if people are trespassing on an exclusive right of way section, then they’re responsible for their own injuries and/or death and have no business imposing injuries and/or death on fragile occupants of the train.
Except that it would take an emotional toll on the operator no matter who is at fault.
I think it would either way: hitting someone, or having a passenger die due to an emergency brake application.
But for that matter I would expect it to be difficult for an operator to have a passenger die even if it was nothing to do with their operation of the vehicle, and also difficult if their train completed a well- (badly-) timed suicide attempt; most people get affected if they are in any way involved in a death, even if they have no blame by any reasonable measure. But this is probably a good thing to an extent; we have to have some distance from all the death happening all around the world in order to function, but if we’re actually near it it’s probably best that we can’t just shake it off instantly.