ALC Rail Writer
Engineer
::In German::and the "its company police not to stop the train until the conductor as investigated the problem" held up in court as the crew on the train were charged with murder or something.The Eschede train disaster probably could have been prevented if the emergency cord had been pulled.You should only pull the cord if someone is caught in the door and being dragged.
You don't pull it for a medical emergency (find a conductor), you don't pull if for a fire (you move to another car), and you don't pull it becuase you missed your stop.
IIRC, One passenger noticed the wheel sticking through the floor, and was going to pull the emergency brake, but was warned against it by the conductor.
"Manager, there is a wheel sticking through the floor in our car."
How do you think that would have gone over? My reaction would have been to ask if the guy had been drinking.