The signals of imminent accidents are said to be weak, which makes finding indicators for imminent failures difficult to observe, which in turn decreases the usefulness of necessarily superficial oversight.
The MDX, for example, has sensors that warn drivers of potential collisions, alert them when they stray from their lane on the road, and apply the brakes to reduce speed when an accident seems imminent.
His 300-page report systematically tears apart Railtrack's "lamentable failure" to introduce safe signalling systems in the entrance to Paddington station, comes down heavily against Thames Trains for failing to carry out adequate driving training, and raises questions about the speed with which signallers in the control box at Slough acted to warn the drivers that an accident was imminent.
The official inquiry into the tragedy, in which 15 workers died, found that BP had ignored warnings that an accident was imminent at the site, and that cost cuts means that employees involved in the explosion had worked 12-hour shifts for more than four weeks.
Does the music prove that the composer knew his death was imminent - whether by accident or, as rumors suggest, through a state-ordered suicide?
If an accident appears imminent, you need to respond quickly but smoothly.
Prague recently joined that club, fearing a serious accident could be imminent.
Authorities in the Czech capital, meanwhile, fear a serious accident could be imminent, spurring a push to ban Segways from pavements, pedestrianised areas and tourist hotspots.
The present research sought to develop a method for detecting driver drowsiness at more moderate levels of fatigue, well before accident risk is imminent.
