https://www.newcivilengineer.com/nce-at-50/nce-at-50-editors-key-moments-claire-smith-2020-present-25-05-2022/ Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com/nce-at-50/nce-at-50-editors-key-moments-claire-smith-2020-present-25-05-2022/#comment-3557 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:40:50 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=242002#comment-3557 Missing from the Carmont accident report was why the train was travelling at line speed, despite part of the route already having been closed from track damage and the train involved having to being unable to complete its scheduled journey. The driver knew this, so why did he not drop his speed? The local Network Rail controllers knew this, so why did they not impose, say, a 40 or 50 mph temporary limit? Temporary speed limits are readily imposed on motorways following damage to the carriageway, what happened at Carmont? And most road vehicle drivers reduce their speeds in adverse conditions. Blaming only the construction of the drainage seems to me to be very one-sided.

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