Washington subway crash

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by glatt

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.

This is an online test where you test your own:

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