PTC reduces safety?

Engineers might depend too much on that 'computer game screen' than out the front window...

Maybe they need to incorporate a HUD in the locomotives as they do in fighter planes and such.

A vid IN the cab pointed AT the crew!

He was telling me PTC may REDUCE safety.  Why?  People may start to depend on "big brother" to stop the train instead of regular crew activity.  Any thoughts?

Look no furthur than the Air France Disaster over the Atlantic Flight #447 from Buenos area to Paris.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl...ce-crash-pilot-error

Already doing that in Southern California on the commuter trains.  They can down load the camera but sit and watch you do your job?  I don't think so.  Does it solve or fix the problem?  Probably not since it will all be past tense and history when they look at the recordings. 

Thank you 

I always wondered who watches the guys on the other end of the camera.

I would not agree with his statement.

PTC commands overriding the in-cab controls [ to a "safer state" ] would be analogous to a penalty brake application, and would, as a minimum, be shown thus on the locomotive's event recorder.  It is also extremely likely that an "alarm" [ and there might be varying degrees, depending on the seriousness of the overall situation ] would be transmitted to the dispatching centre.  Either way, it would be brought to the attention of management, and would be just another of the "100+" items for which a crew could be disciplined [ = loss of pay or job ].  So I can't see any train crew using PTC in this manner.

Best regards, SZ [ not a signalling expert -- but I've worked for a few....]

And for some railroads -- NS, for example -- make that "200+".