摘要: |
RECENT NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS, THE FRA NPRM 2019-14407 and APTA recommendation APTA RT-OP-RP-024-19 pertain to retaining forward-facing and operator-facing camera feeds in crash protected memory for rail vehicles. The desire to preserve such data in protected memory is not new and has been included on the NTSB Most Wanted List for years. In August 2021, the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) released FTA Report 0200 "Inward- and Outward-Facing Audio and Video Recordings for Transit Rail Vehicles" in response to an NTSB safety recommendation from 2017, which resulted from investigations surrounding transit rail collisions.Having video data preserved after an accident can be helpful in investigating the causes and circumstances surrounding such incidents. Crash protected memory helps to ensure those videos may still be available even after a catastrophic collision. Recorders also help operators establish effective safety management strategies and training. As such, this requirement should increasingly be seen in new rail transit vehicle procurements and retrofit specifications; however, many recent procurements for new rail vehicles and retrofits have not included this requirement even though they have been required in at least some modes since 2015. |