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> From the controller to the driver, every single one of them should have said hey we shouldn't just ignore a signal

A train driver has zero insight in what is going on and where other trains are. They do need to trust the orders they get, if you want to question every order you will never start to drive.

The train driver's job is to say: "it's red, I'm no moving, not my problem, you make it green if you want me to go"

That's why it's a union job

Also he's the first person to die on accident so it's that and the safety of everyone else

They do not 'need' to follow others, they just need to refuse unless all safe and green.

If they never start to drive it's the companies problem to deal with angry non-dead customers

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