Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 |
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Opinion
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Letters Rail accidents
Many have wrong notion that by installing anti-collision device in the trains we can prevent accidents. Anti-collision devices will work successfully only in vehicles that run on roads, since there is abundant road grip between the tyres and the road. There is no such `rail' grip between the train wheels and the track. It is also very difficult to stop such a huge contraption as a train running at speeds of 120 kmph immediately. What can probably be done to reduce the impact of accidents, is to attach two dummy coaches stocked with fire/shock proof materials immediately next to the engine of long journey trains to reduce the pressure on the subsequent passenger compartments. It is pitiable that the coaches in Indian trains lack fire extinguishers, first aid box, seat belts and wireless set for better communication between drivers and the nearest station master. This is especially true of long journey trains.
V. Sundaralingam Vellore
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