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Which is why I spell out to instrument the current reporting switches (which are the current systems (and yes they fail))
> As a general rule of thumb, life critical stuff needs to be simple, well tested and well characterised.
For context, my state leads in railroad crossing deaths, in part because the existing signaling infrastructure is too sparse or dilapidated. >
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Which is why I spell out to instrument the current reporting switches (which are the current systems (and yes they fail))
> As a general rule of thumb, life critical stuff needs to be simple, well tested and well characterised.
For context, my state leads in railroad crossing deaths, in part because the existing signaling infrastructure is too sparse or dilapidated. >