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That is not how the procedures work, so the driver would be fired as soon as they did that.

Every train network has situations where drivers are authorised to proceed against a red signal. Not usually at full speed though.

They wouldn't get fired. They are protected both in the US and Spain.

At most face unlikely discipline.

Here they would even have valid reason to refuse - order was given for full speed, regulation says low speed ready to stop.

So a "No, i'm not doing that, you're moron" would be justified.

No, he would get fired, because that's not his job. It would be like the machine engineer on a race track refusing to fix the ignition, because somewhere on the track he doesn't see, the asphalt might be broken.
Do train conductors not have the final authority in safe operation the way airline pilots do? If so that is absolutely insane.
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>No, he would get fired, because that's not his job.

Then what the fuck is this country even doing with trains.

No, no no, no no no.

Interlock safety systems exist for a reason. In any safety system where the interlock is down you do not resume standard operations. Ever. Why, because there is a book with blood that is 10,000 pages deep that describe the horrific accidents that happens when you do. Might as well be an axiom at this point.

>because somewhere on the track he doesn't see, the asphalt might be broken.

Again, stay away from analogies and safety critical systems.

The person behind the break and speed control of the train is no different from the captain of the airplane or the captain of a ship. They have full authority control to stop the train and refuse to move it until they are sure of the safety conditions. Any attempt to fire them should result in an immediate stop work from every employee in the system until they are put back on the job and the safety concerns are resolved.

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So it’s clearly an industry wide problem then. The more I read the more thankful I am California can’t build high speed rail.
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The driver always has the final say on whether the train is safe to move. They are not just a button and lever pusher. They have to analyse whether the decision is correct. Hence why I stated there were multiple points of failure. The controller and the driver both went with full speed despite it being completely against regulation on a red signal.
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