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Old 06-25-2009, 10:10 AM   #45
TheMercenary
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
So she had 13.5 seconds to see the stopped train, realize it was stopped, notice her own train wasn't stopping, still wasn't stopping, and slam on the emergency brake. She did all those things, but apparently not fast enough.
The average emergency reaction time is something like 0.25seconds, or something to that effect as I recall. See event, process, take action.

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