2006-10-05 09:47:15 · 15 answers · asked by crysellis 1 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Health & Safety
The safest place to be is at the rear. The chances of a train running into the back of another passenger train are extremely remote because of the fail-safe signalling systems in use. Carriages are constructed to absorb impact, much like a car, with "crumple zones", so it's the first two or three carriages that take the impact. Also, the type of coupling between carriages helps: these days all carriages have rigid couplings which assist in keeping a train upright in the event of a collision.
Sitting with your back to the direction of travel reduces the chance of injury because the seat back absorbs some of the impact and stops you from being thrown forwards.
2006-10-06 02:09:31 · answer #1 · answered by Andy M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have terrible paranoia about this and I have come to the conclusion that the middle part of the train is the safest, but I don't know why I think that, because at the end of the day if the train collides it depends on where the collision takes place. I think it is just sheer luck.
2006-10-05 17:21:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The back is the safest part of the train assuming that the collision is at the front end. The rearmost carriage is the least likely to be derailed during a collision.
2006-10-05 17:01:26 · answer #3 · answered by Mikey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think the back because if the train hits something from the front, the front will be crinkled the middle will buckle and perhaps by the time the impact gets to the back it will not cause any significant harm, since the front and middle bore the largest amount of the shock.
2006-10-05 16:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by flumen333 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general, the middle, and sitting with your back to the direction of travel.
Why back to the direction of travel? It's all to do with momentum. If your train is brought to a sudden stop, your body will continue travelling for a short period. By sitting with your back to the direction of travel, the only place it's going to move into is the seat. If you sit facing the direction of travel, you get "thrown" forwards.
2006-10-05 21:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by Barry Salter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must stay inside the train. And the middle seems to be the part that stays in one peace when Thier is a collation.
2006-10-05 16:54:22 · answer #6 · answered by alida b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the train is being PULLED by its locomotives, the back is safest. If it's being PUSHED by its locomotives, anywhere is pretty-much the same. Pushing is FAR more dangerous than pulling.
2006-10-05 16:54:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you travel another way? There have been so many train wrecks this year...http://www.trainwreckcentral2.com/Ray.html
2006-10-05 17:04:22 · answer #8 · answered by B*Family 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure you are middle to back with back to locomotive (or direction of travel)
2006-10-06 08:19:11 · answer #9 · answered by Seaman Staines 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
middle
2006-10-05 16:55:53 · answer #10 · answered by JOHN jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋