VIGILANTE
English translation: dead-man control
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| Italian to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Railways | |||||||
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dead-man control Explanation: vigilante 3 (ferr.) dead-man control. Basically a control that needs to be actively used for the train to run, so if the driver drops dead at the controls the train will stop and prevent a "Silver Streak" type scenario. Also deadman control, dead man's switch, dead man's handle dead-man control https://www.google.es/?ion=1&espv=2#q=dead-man control dead man's handle https://www.google.es/#q=dead man's handle |
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