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Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 9 10:22:20 2016, in response to Re: William Rockefeller sues Metro-North, posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Dec 9 10:09:13 2016. I've never operated a train, but I do operate an automobile. I've sometimes found myself distracted, and then when I regain attention I do realize there is something I should have done a few seconds earlier.Example: the exit ramp from I-80 east to I-95 south is very sharp. Once or twice I've suddenly realized that I should have started slowing down earlier. So I slow down, more rapidly than ideal, but I still make it around the curve. Extrapolating that kind of general mode of vehicle operation, I would strongly suspect that Rockefeller was asleep for more than a minute. If he should have started to slow down at time x, but woke up when he was still going 80+ at time x + 30 seconds, I believe he would have realized the situation within a few seconds and put on the brakes more heavily then. It would have been uncomfortable but not disastrous. |
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