 Japanese train drivers' hand movements
"Chris Lonsbrough" <cjlon@lineone.net> writes:
> "4sub" <4@submail.com> wrote in message news:e0lqfs$pkn$1@emma.aioe.org...
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> > "MM" <kylix_is.uk> wrote in message
> > news:cuqs22htu7ebdq7f893bopuik55q3jvs03@...
> > > I've seen films where the Japanese train driver of a bullet train
> > > consciously points to a lever, then operates it. What is this practice
> > > known as?
> > >
> > > MM
> > >
> > >
> > They shout out the aspect of the signals as they approach them as well.
> > It's just a driving technique.
> > Quite successful too.
> >
> >
>
> Do they have CVR or video recording in the cab ?
>
Standing behind the cab on a driver-only train as it starts from a
station is quite an experience, as the driver points to the signal,
the clock, his timetable, the mirror, the door close buttons, the
mirror again, the timetable, the clock, the signal... With his white
gloves on of course, and muttering to himself all the time.
It looks like someone with a severe case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
I believe before crossing tracks on foot, staff have to point in both
directions and say "The line is clear"[1].
Adam
[1] But in Japanese, of course.
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