| Tube driver knitting and watching TV Posted by TaplowGreen at 07:55, 15th June 2025 |     |
Almost beyond belief, but thankfully no longer employed on the railway........
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/tube-driver-caught-knitting-and-watching-video-on-his-phone-while-operating-northern-line-train/ar-AA1GH8in?ocid=socialshare
| Re: Tube driver knitting and watching TV Posted by a-driver at 08:09, 16th June 2025 | |
Almost beyond belief, but thankfully no longer employed on the railway........
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/tube-driver-caught-knitting-and-watching-video-on-his-phone-while-operating-northern-line-train/ar-AA1GH8in?ocid=socialshare
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/tube-driver-caught-knitting-and-watching-video-on-his-phone-while-operating-northern-line-train/ar-AA1GH8in?ocid=socialshare
That's a difficult one to call.
If all they are responsible for is opening and closing the doors, then you have an issue with what's known as 'Cognitive underload'. Basically it's where an individual's mental capacity is not fully utilised during a task, leading to potential issues like boredom, distraction, and decreased performance.
This individual is probably more alert than someone who open and closes the doors and ends up having a micro sleep between those duties. However, choosing to watch a video is far from the cleverest way of doing it, knitting though, I'm 50/50. You can do that activity and still have eyes on the road ahead.
| Re: Tube driver knitting and watching TV Posted by Noggin at 09:51, 16th June 2025 | |
Shows a pretty shocking level of entitlement and lack of managerial oversight though doesn't it? If he's breaching the rules like that, what else is he not doing properly? Definitely adds to the argument for installing platform edge doors and automating the lot.
| Re: Tube driver knitting and watching TV Posted by a-driver at 10:08, 16th June 2025 | |
Shows a pretty shocking level of entitlement and lack of managerial oversight though doesn't it? If he's breaching the rules like that, what else is he not doing properly? Definitely adds to the argument for installing platform edge doors and automating the lot.
Not really, a manager can't watch over every single tube driver constantly. Drivers are all adults and are fully aware of their responsibilities.
You either automate the lot or give driving back to the operator and get rid of ATO.
| Re: Tube driver knitting and watching TV Posted by TaplowGreen at 16:15, 16th June 2025 | |
Shows a pretty shocking level of entitlement and lack of managerial oversight though doesn't it? If he's breaching the rules like that, what else is he not doing properly? Definitely adds to the argument for installing platform edge doors and automating the lot.
Drivers are all adults and are fully aware of their responsibilities.
I think the actions of the gentleman watching TV and getting creative with the knitting needles in the article pretty effectively rebuts that assertion - awareness of responsibilities is not the same as observing them - however I am sure the overwhelming majority of drivers are as responsible as you suggest.
| Re: Tube driver knitting and watching TV Posted by broadgage at 19:30, 16th June 2025 | |
Perhaps a suitably trained Alsatian dog could operate the train
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Perhaps a suitably trained Alsatian dog could operate the train ? This was suggested years ago, on the first of April.
