Red Arrows X1 Mystery beeping sound
Red Arrows X1 Mystery beeping sound
An anti-collision system is clearly a good thing.
I'm saying there's pros and cons to the finer details of how it works. It's not good of it's setting itself off at false alarms. I haven't a clue in the technicalities but if the system involves a device which emits a beam and activates the alarm of the beam is broken by an object. Maybe the solution would be to pitch the beam lower to ignore overhead signs etc.
Clearly safety comes before comfort but it must be startling for passengers who hear the 'Warning Low Bridge' message when in reality there's no danger.
Maybe we should just revert to tin cans on rope 100yds before a bridge?
(17 Apr 2016, 6:58 pm)MurdnunoC If the few 'beeps' near the Tyne Bridge prove to be an insurmountable distraction to the driver, then I'd suggest he or she is probably in the wrong profession as there numerous things more far more distracting than a sound warning of a potentially dangerous obstacle.
(17 Apr 2016, 6:58 pm)MurdnunoC If the few 'beeps' near the Tyne Bridge prove to be an insurmountable distraction to the driver, then I'd suggest he or she is probably in the wrong profession as there numerous things more far more distracting than a sound warning of a potentially dangerous obstacle.
(17 Apr 2016, 8:05 pm)BusLoverMum So startling that I've never even noticed it.
(17 Apr 2016, 8:09 pm)Davie Me either.
(17 Apr 2016, 8:18 pm)MurdnunoC Irrespective of the efficacy of the system in the place, the majority of passengers probably won't notice the alarm. I honestly don't know why this has attracted so much debate.
(17 Apr 2016, 8:18 pm)MurdnunoC Irrespective of the efficacy of the system in the place, the majority of passengers probably won't notice the alarm. I honestly don't know why this has attracted so much debate.
(17 Apr 2016, 8:21 pm)Ambassador I appreciate the reason for it but passengers do notice it. Especially being stuck in traffic on Wellington St and you get constant loud beeping for about 5 minutes!
(17 Apr 2016, 8:21 pm)Ambassador I appreciate the reason for it but passengers do notice it. Especially being stuck in traffic on Wellington St and you get constant loud beeping for about 5 minutes!
(17 Apr 2016, 9:22 pm)GMitchelhill Ah you can blame the idiots who block the yellow box at the bottom of West Street for that problem.
(17 Apr 2016, 9:22 pm)GMitchelhill Ah you can blame the idiots who block the yellow box at the bottom of West Street for that problem.
(17 Apr 2016, 6:38 pm)citaro5284 I cannot believe that people think having such a device fitted is a waste of time.
(17 Apr 2016, 6:38 pm)citaro5284 I cannot believe that people think having such a device fitted is a waste of time.
(19 Apr 2016, 8:01 pm)NK53 TKT I noticed it for the first time today on the X9
(19 Apr 2016, 8:01 pm)NK53 TKT I noticed it for the first time today on the X9