Driver Reminder Appliance

picture info	Driver Reminder Appliance A driver's reminder appliance (DRA) is a manual switch in the driving cab of a passenger train. When operated it glows bright red and prevents the driver from being able to apply power. It was introduced in the design and operation of United Kingdom passenger trains in the 1990s in response to a series of railway accidents where train drivers had passed a signal at danger when starting away from a station.http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/crr_pdf/2001/crr01334.pdf accident investigations including evaluation of DRA Operation Use of the DRA is mandatoryDriver's Rulebook: Module TW1 - Section 10.1 at Rail Safety and Standards Board [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Drivers Reminder Appliance Driver may refer to: Transportion * A person whose occupation is driving Chauffeur, a person who drives an automobile as a job Motorman (locomotive), an electric vehicle driver Bus driver Truck driver * SS Empire Driver, SS ''Empire Driver'' or SS ''Driver'', a cargo ship * Driver (sail), a type of sail * Driver Group, an Australian bus company People * Driver (surname) Places Driver, Arkansas, United States Driver, Northern Territory, Australia Drivers, Illinois, United States Driver, Virginia, United States Sport * Wood (golf), a golf club * Driver, a type of disc (disc golf), disc golf disc * Driver, a position in Water polo#Offense, water polo * Driver, a kind of Professional wrestling throws#Driver, throw in professional wrestling Computing and electronics * Device driver, software used to interact with hardware devices Driver (software), a general term for a programming interface to control and manage lower level interface(s) Database driver, applicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Passenger Trains In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often known simply as "engines"), though some are self-propelled, such as multiple units. Passengers and cargo are carried in railroad cars, also known as wagons. Trains are designed to a certain gauge, or distance between rails. Most trains operate on steel tracks with steel wheels, the low friction of which makes them more efficient than other forms of transport. Trains have their roots in wagonways, which used railway tracks and were powered by horses or pulled by cables. Following the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom in 1804, trains rapidly spread around the world, allowing freight and passengers to move over land faster and cheaper than ever possible before. Rapid transit and trams were first built in the late 1800s to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Signal Passed At Danger A signal passed at danger (SPAD), known in the United States as a stop signal overrun and in Canada as passing a stop signal, is an event on a railway where a train passes a stop railway signal, signal without authority. In the United States and Canada, this may be known colloquially as ''wikt:run a red light, running a red'', though this idiom principally refers to automobiles passing red traffic signals. The name derives from red Railway_signal#Colour_light_signals, colour light signals and horizontal Railway semaphore signal, semaphore signals in the United Kingdom, which are said to be ''at danger'' when they indicate that trains must stop (also known as the signal being ''on''). This terminology is not used in North America where not all red signals indicate stop. In the UK, the alternative description signal passed at red (S.P.A.R.) is used where a signal changes to red in front of a train due to either a technical fault or in an emergency, such that the train is unable t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rail Safety And Standards Board The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is a British independent company limited by guarantee. Interested parties include various rail industry organisations, including Network Rail, train operating companies (TOCs), and rolling stock companies (ROSCOs). The RSSB operates as a not-for-profit entity, its primary purpose being to bring about improved health and safety performance throughout Britain's railway network. In the fulfilment of this purpose, the Board undertakes numerous safety-focused monitoring and continuous improvement programmes, such as the railway supplier quality assurance schemRISQSand the Confidential Incident Reporting & Analysis System (CIRAS). It is also works with operators to identify and address risks, and is responsible for the updating and issuing of the British Railway Rule Book, amongst its other activities. The majority of Britain's train operators are obliged to be members of the RSSB, and to ensure compliance with their membership obligation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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