Train Driver Runs A Red Signal | The Tube | On The Move
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2021
- Miranda drives her train through a red light, and it's crunch time for trainee driver Jo.
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Whenever I get on a tube train now, I always make sure Miranda’s not driving it first
I’d imagine she hasn’t lasted until now as a driver, not with that attitude. She’s probably a manager now! ;-)
@@nedseagoon5101 Yeah true, pretty sure that attitude just makes her even more attractive to promote!
This was almost 20 years ago, doubt she still works there,
@@nedseagoon5101 Agree. She didn't show the right aptitude for the job. She wont be a driver now.
You can rest easy she isn't a driver anymore.. she runs a cake/baking business.. at least she's not in front of a ten tonne train and risk to killing people
I’m a bus driver hitting cars isn’t part of the job.. FYI
Go 20
Go 10 mph!
Passing red signals isn’t part of a train operators job. On the mainline this driver wouldn’t be allowed back out driving after two signals passed at danger in 2 years. The mainline railway is far more stringent. Her attitude is completely wrong
@@stevesje71 this is why I've always had the opinion women should never be Train Drivers or Bus Drivers, their poor backwards attitude. "it's part of the job to hit a car" or "it's part of the having SPAD's". I mean see where she's coming from I think she means it can happen, but having that thought will stress you out. It's not too hard to adhere to signals, most important part of the job after passenger safety.
Her attitude is absolutely abysmal. She should have been fired.
Miranda’s attitude towards the incident should be enough to keep her off the lines, or at least sent back for remedial training. Her smug and smarmy responses show that she doesn’t take the position seriously, and there was no contrition in anything that she said.
I'm an ex driver for my local train in Venezuela (IFE railway) and this is true...the trains I operated are capable of going well over 150kmph, about a year before I quit my job to start college we had a malfunction of the entire signal system, so we were in manual mode, and I was easily going 100kmph when I noticed another unit WITH PAX IN IT in the distance which was stopped due to technical issues (notice a pattern?), I enabled emergency brakes and full regen, and only had about 30 meters to spare, it was my mistake as I realized too late and should have braked sooner, I documented it and told about it to my supervisors...and they told me and a few other drivers who had a similar issue during that mass signal failure that "admitting you're wrong doesn't make you look weak, but rather the opposite, and that a smug, disrespectful approach will get you nowhere and open you no doors".
I willingly went through a week of retraining just so the memory and the refresh would be burned into my brain to avoid this kind of incident again
That high horse is really high up there, be careful not to fall off. Not to excuse her actions and mistakes, but this comment is as smug as she is.
She doesn't need to go back to training, she just needs to be off the lines as an operator permanently. She should be put to clean the trains instead
@@basedgodstrugglin No, it isn't. That comment by @jaymeade9898 isn't smug at all. Miranda is a disaster waiting to happen. Don't tell me, you're a sloppy Tube driver too and want to defend your mate.
True, but worse, it shows she has a personality type that just can’t stand taking responsibility (especially when there’s nothing or nobody around that the blame can be shifted to. That drives them crazy. They feel trapped and that’s when their attitude, like you mentioned, comes to the surface.
Did she say that hitting cars is part of the job as a bus driver?? It's only part of the job if you don't know how to do the job. I'm 21 years a bus driver and the only thing that's ever hit my bus was a low branch whacking my nearside mirror. I'm glad Joe passed her training.
Miranda's flippant attitude towards what is a serious safety issue is disgraceful.
@@danielwoodhouse8720 Thats just pushing them all over the edge not true
The thing is it's not excessively bad and it does happen (drivers make mistakes everywhere, overruns, spads etc), but she needs to have a "I'm not going to let it happen" approach to it and even though they didn't end in trouble, she should still appreciate going forward that she should observe aspects more and not make it a frequent occurrence. 2 spads in 2 years is certainly a borderline for concern.
Despite that, credit where credit is due, when you make mistakes on the job is it important you are completely honest, aid with the investigation and leave no detailed unturned which from the looks of things she was cooperative and gave all the detail for the investigation (otherwise you wouldn't find yourself very long in the job). Even if you know you're wrong, like having taken a drug, been on alcohol, packing your bag when you shouldn't have been, it is extremely important you tell everything BEFORE the substance and alcohol test at the first possible convenience, it will be alot nicer for you going forward than waiting for a drug test to incriminate you.
Her problem here is a common one. Drivers should always check their signal aspect before they move off, even IF a conductor onboard has given them the start command. This is one of the reasons why DRAs are used.
By that time they had annoyed the you-know-what out of her. Showed her a C-list horror video of a speeding train for no good reason. Her fault wasn't speeding but relying on routine and not being vigilant to the signal. I didn't see anything to correct that, they only tried to make her feel bad about herself. Anyone would've had enough of that after a while.
no harm if she doesn't hit anything.
@@emily1 2 SPADs in 2 years is excessive on the mainline and is a very serious cause for concern. I’ve found that there is a culture difference between mainline and LU where spads are concerned.
Honestly Miranda should never be anywhere near a train with that attitude!
Such a difference in attitudes between the guy who tested Jo, “You’ve taken 5 months to get this job. Look after it.” Compared to Miranda’s attitude where she clearly doesn’t care, she’s disinterested in the SPAD video and her blasé manor at the scene of the SPAD doesn’t give the impression that she’s remorseful or that she has learned from it. Assuming she had this attitude after her first SPAD then it’s easy to see why she’s had a second and no doubt there’s a fair chance of a 3rd in the not too distant future. The solution is to downgrade her to trainee again go through the training again and have her retested. That financial hit will make her care about holding onto her job.
That's what happens when instead of trying to find the best people for the job, you're trying to attract people who aren't interested in the job to begin with. Maybe if TfL didn't make sexism as their core policy for hiring new drivers, their drivers would care more about SPADs.
Agree that she has an attitude issue, but in fairness I think many people would have trouble taking that SPAD video seriously, cheap parody horror film that it was.
@@CristiNeagu More male drivers had caused crashes, SPADS and incidents than females on the tube.
@@billpugh58 And? What's your point? What does that have to do with what I said?
"As a bus driver, you hit cars, it's part of the job" HAHAHAHA
Bet its now "as a train driver you have SPADs" because she doesn't seem to care at all.
@@cyberleaderandy1exactly she doesn’t care
"I used to be a bus driver - you hit cars that's part of the job " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Seriously, she wasn’t canned? In Japan, she not only wud have been disciplined, but turned over to mental health officials for being in ‘Miranda world’ like it was a fuckin’ video game! Her attitude is also totally unsuited for any job that involves other people’s lives. The other recruits, I really like.
even in NYC she would be send back to training for a year england is fucking wired japan also trwats there workers like shit
And thats why in Japan there has been a number of accidents, most fatally the Amagasaki derailment, due to overworked, overstressed and fearful conductors.
This is a stupid example, your comparing a culture that demands perfectionism to this? Absolute joke
@@Thiefnuker that was quite a while ago now, you rarely hear anything like that happening in Japan these days
That's what I was thinking when she went to see her boss I kept saying "fire her immediately". Her attitude was disgraceful.
I remember watching this on Sky back in the day, I don't think Miranda lasted much longer as a driver 😂
Thank God for that! "Everyone makes mistakes, we're not robots!" That, in combination with the sulky spoilt brat expression on her face, horrified me.
She’s probably a manager now…
@@nedseagoon5101 Yeah ... of McDonalds maybe.
She's still a driver!
@@AlexMetroman Wait! How?!
Miranda’s attitude leaves a lot to be desired,
As a train driver, you don’t get paid to do your job right, you get paid not to do it wrong
1:37 imagine he dropped the keys down the side of the train.
If she cannot take responsibility for her own mistakes how can you expect her to take responsibility for passengers in an emergency?
She needs to be assisted into an alternative career.
The first girl did that PA like a boss!!!! The one that passed a red signal…..what a git. It’s not part of the job to have problems. If you are having problems then you have to go. You can’t be a bus driver and hit cars. That’s not part of the job. What the hell is wrong with her? She has no sense of responsibility. She doesn’t care. The guy that’s with her is so cute. I’m in love lol
When people are involved mistakes will happen.
But her attitude to making these mistakes is very strange? A driver that thinks its part of the job to hit cars and run red signals maybe isent fit to drive heavy vechiles? I would not let her to continue to drive with that attitude...
Ahh yes, unlike the mainline!
Back in the days when TPWS didn’t exist!
Jo was a good un. Her attitude and character was spot on
Shocking attitude from Miss Spad.
Big respect to the drivers.
Not sure miranda is fit for any driving jobs.
I loved watching The Tube - it had such a great theme tune!
Totally early
I have my suspicions that Miranda's SPAD may have been set up for the film.
It's unlikely that access would be given for a disciplinary just like that.
This series must have been made about 20 years ago. I wonder if any of these drivers are still working for the underground.
Wow, great guess! 2003-2006 this show ran.
Hopefully Miranda didn’t make it to a full time position. The ‘ mehhhhhhhhhhh it’s only a spad’ I found quite an incredible attitude. Effectively said ‘ I didn’t crash so it doesn’t matter’ ….. sheesh.
When I first read your first line I thought you put “Hopefully Miranda didn’t make it to full time prostitution “ 😂
@@pumpakatten probably more suited😂
@@oldschoolpaul73 she wouldn’t earn much.
Kudos Jo, and Maranda, stop making excuses!!! You'll be ok if you learn from your mistakes.
‘’I didn’t check the signal which is what I’ve been told to do throughout my entire career’’
Oh my days how did she not get the sack
She's white and English they can do whatever they want
@@MrTargeeLol good one
18:31 that attitude is horrendous.
according to linkedin she now owns a cake company. Perhaps for the best that she's off the tracks.
What’s her name
@@ollie-jkiubn Miranda Sadgrove (6:39)
Definitely built for owning a cake shop 😆
@@JDBoomhauerIII 😂😂😂😂 or a pie shop 😀😉
The whole system seems worryingly unprofessional. Miranda acts like silly school kid, Jo just wants to earn loads of money. Can you imagine British Airways pilots acting like this? And the tube drivers are taking care of MORE people.
most people work to earn money, seems very professional to me.
18:06 Why did Joe tell Miranda that she has caused a disruption on the line?
The emphasis should be on her act of running the red light. If you run the red light, you’ll get into a crash had the computer not stepped in. Whether you did it in a busy interchange station or on a straight piece of track shouldn’t matter. It would cause a disruption anyways…
Your comment strangely contradicts itself to be honest. You answered your own question. Read it again. Joe had every right to tell Miranda, that she caused delays to the service because she is responsible for that. She accidentally put the public in potential danger and caused delays.
@@TheUnknown313 Miranda triggered the computer to stop the train which disrupted the line. Had the computer not stepped in and she got into a crash, the line will be blocked and diversions will be needed for service to continue.
So one way or another, she has already caused a disruption, whether is it 10 mins or 10 days, it doesn’t really matter.
If Joe wants to nail Miranda for the disruption, he could’ve just said, “You’re very lucky all you caused is a 10 min disruption and not 10 days of closed line, countless injuries and death and a possible criminal case.”
We only saw snippets of the interactions she had.
It's important to talk about all the consequences, to reinforce *why* she should take care, not just *that* she should take care.
16:22 It would be interesting to see the full version of that film. Hopefully someone still has a copy they can upload
I've seen it, it's on CZcams somewhere.
@@jasonpeisley6031 Link?
"Usually the signal changes" is like the most common reasons for spads on the light rail Saltsjöbanan (before they got ATC!). Because that one time it didn't change for some reason.
In many places in the United States including the largest transit system in the us, the mta, if you blow a red signal you get a 2 week unpaid vacation
Vancouver, British Columbia has had driverless trains since its beginning in 1986. The Skytrain (as it's called) has been entirely computer-operated.
Victoria line has been automatic since opening in 1967, and driverless trains are only with a driver due to union pressures
"London Underground ran an ad campaign" - at first I misheard it as "London Underground ran a mad campaign" 😁
PS. The bit about "learner's plates on the train" was good 😁
Miranda's attitude appears to be "Well my training doesn't matter, because there are safety features to cover any mistake I make". She should be treated as though the consequences of her actions were what they would have been without the safety features.
16:29 she is sitting like she doesn't give a shit, foot on the table and bored. She should be fully engaged.
Her attitude truly amazes me. Oh well, it's not my train, why should I care. I wonder if Miranda still works for LU?
Miranda is vile horrible attitude she is putting the public at risk Part of the job 😡
Hey, nice, I wish Romania would do a documentary about new underground drivers!
Miranda should NEVER drive another train ever
Wow never seen someone speed into a car park like that at Golders Green 😮
Her attitude is the worst but her manager really isn’t helping by how chill he is about it all and saying multiple drivers have watched the training vid a few times!!
Oh hey! The guy at 19:22 is the same guy from "The Railway - Keeping Britain on Track" series!!!!! :D
3:03 what a unique perspective seeing the tube train inside the tunnel from the outside
"Devise an action plan for her so hopefully it won't happen in the future" - Easy, sack her
I still remember my first ride as a train driver :-D I could've filled a swimmingpool with my sweat 😀
I bet the LED signal's nowadays, have made this common flaw now alot easier to manage. Than back in 2000's with the incandescents
Rubbish; if a driver is *looking* for a signal, they'll see it, whether it's incandescent or LED.
@@jackx4311 yeah, and incandescents are less reliable and much less brighter than LEDs at the same power consumption level (yes I watch Technology Connections)
I bet Jo is nervous about her test, especially having a supervisor breathin' down her Gregory Peck.
Good job they are not flying planes
Okay youtube, you've suggested this video to me about a hundred times now...
7:38 Salary as being the best thing and every now and then Is bad
.. Sus
If I ever go to London again I will make sure Miranda isn’t driving. Her attitude needs a serious adjustment. I would have suspended her for a week at least.
I see Jo’s perspiration day went well
I was actually waiting for Miranda to blame the signalman for not clearing the signal!!!!
Dude, I don’t drive trains, but even I know signal is gospel, especially up there there’s only three main signals that you really need to worry about along with the other ones that are equally important but these are paramount
🟡
⚫️ preliminary caution
🟡
⚫️
🟡 caution
⚫️
🔴
⚫️ red
⚫️
And green but that means its safe and out of a depot if something else changes, and that thing isn’t the main signal, don’t fucking move your train easy
@9:58 - I didn't know Johnny Mathis worked for the London Underground !
its funny how Joe and Miranda, say the only positive thing is the pay. Most of these "train drivers" they do it only for the money, where I have friends in the UK that are major train nerds but can't get in cause people like Joe and Miranda only see it as making money.
Joe didn't say that??? She said she'd be making more money but she also said she liked the job and looked forward to it?? Surely there's nothing wrong with her liking the money aspect.
God I hope Miranda is on benefits and staying away from ... everything ... at most she could be a fast food worker or underpaid receptionist ... that large rotund adult baby doesn't deserve a job like that ... I bet she only got the job in the first place because of pressure to hire more female drivers so they were stuck with that bowling ball waste of a human.
i've done two drives. was terrifying
Circumstances?
No matter how much you set the rules out, with the best of intentions life happens my friend.
We have no real idea exactly what is going on aboard a particular train at any given time, obviously the rules and the signals are there to be obeyed for the health and safety of all concerned but the thing is that we don't really know the specific set of circumstances on board the train.
As far as we know there might be some exceptional circumstances that might help mitigate why the driver felt it necessary to run the Res light.
1:36 Is this vicy pipe in her younger years?
Crikey - good spot! it certainly looks like her!
When on earth is this video from?
Manual operation on the Northern and stock footage of the District with grey doors that isn't marked as vintage.
Around 2005/2006. Possibly before the 7/7 attack.
And a section near the end that is the Bakerloo line (I think), certainly not the Northern line - running alongside mainline tracks.
The VHS recorder too 😅
@ScholarGypsyOx The Bakerloo still does that North of Queens Park.
Part of the job to not check a signal?
This must be very old because this attitude would not last 5 minutes on the rail today.
I don't know what they call that over there in the UK. But over here in the US we call them quota hires. In other words ,not hired because of their high ability to perform.
Mirandas mistake didn't kill anyone, but only because of the safety device. She should have been sacked for her attitude.
This is what happens when you hire based on immutable characteristics rather then qualification
Fire her
was this made in 2003?
Is Jo still on the Northern Line?
SPAD on TfL property…oops
Ah yes!..My answer would be see if the wheels have gone over the block joint if it has then it becomes an ooops
Most London Underground lines nowadays are automated and computer based signalling. So you cannot pass a signal at danger
You still can!
You can still have a spad on an ATO line.
Driving manually is required under signalling failure
No they aren't. It's only the modern trains with newer signalling and the sub surface lines are only partially automated as far as I know.
Miranda is a woman who has been shielded by her mother for far too long, her perspective on life is swayed somewhat by this experience, scary prospect to have Miranda at the sharp end with her attitude, she will drag a bad into the cab with her and risk a lot whilst mulling things over.
How do I become an overground train driver?! I live in East Sussex, and can’t seem to find any clues online ❤
There is nothing stopping you from contacting the company you want to work for and asking about it. Some employers appreciate that kind of initiative.
Did she say what I think she said !! ??
Well done joe
Miranda has attitude when she could of caused a bad accident
"ye tharts fitty tree"
the spad video oml 💀💀💀
It sounds like a horror film! Perfect for Halloween or just to scare someone
Crazy that her attitude was allowed to be broadcast, she did not like being told off and no... hitting cars is not part of a bus drivers job... they don't park their arse at the dinner table at night and say "today was a good day, only took out 3 cars, better than yesterday when i took out 5, its just part of the job".......
Hitting cars is just part of daily driving
Miranda’s attitude was disgusting just saying it’s part of the job to hit cars no
It isn’t looks like she doesn’t even care about the job
Always wondered, what happens if a driver needs the loo?
They take a leak on the third rail.
The tibe6is the safest network int the world.
7:18 - So, it's completely your fault then??
The way she says „it’s part of the job“…NO It is not part of the job. mistakes can happen but that doesn’t make them part of the job. And also her face being like „i don’t care“ makes me want to punch her….
I understand if you made a mistake and feel very sorry for it, that’s when I normally be like „Well just make sure it NEVER happens again“ But the way she doesn’t feel sorry at all, and just like „part of the job“…..
As a train driver, Miranda's attitude is disgraceful
By American railroad / Subway standards, they seem pretty unprepared. They should generally know all the speed limits before even being able to touch the controls of a train. Idk, this was pretty interesting. Disclaimer: Not trying to say our trains are better, especially with all the freight accident's here lately.
I think the reason that they don’t know all the speed limits is that they change 600 times along the line… I don’t even think someone could remember them all if you gave them a few years.
@@RockDoesRedstone lmao, there are trains that have more speed limit changes than that, and nobody has an issue remembering them. That’s purely an excuse for bad train operation.
@@TEMPLE7D we have warning speeds saying it will reduce she just didn’t care
@@honyatwashere That’s all I’m saying. It’s just surprising she was allowed to take a test without even knowing the posted speed limits. Even with them being there, she still disregarded
@@TEMPLE7D If I’m being honest, the only reason she would’ve passed training is if she made a good impression and went along with it. You can tell she doesn’t care about her job. This was back years ago though so training strictness has increased no way you would be able to do this on this date. She probably got fired as if you SPAD 2 times that usually means your off the team or you need re-training. This is only for London though other train companies in the uk will make being a driver harder since the tube kinda needs more drivers since the trains run every 1-3 minutes during peak hours and 3-5 during off peak hours. But since other train companies don’t need to run as often they don’t need as many drivers since they only run around every 1-2 hours though. So they usually make driver training harder.
These accents!
wtf
Miranda. Entitled with attitude.
Trains look nicer than the ones I remember riding in the early 70s. Moved to Melbourne in ‘73 to find much older trains still in service. Those trip systems came into use in Melbourne in the late 70s when I started college and often the arms failed to drop despite a green signal. Drivers must have cursed them black and blue as the trains rarely left a station without being tripped on the first attempt. Must have have been poorly installed.
Her attitude is terrible, almost takes no responsibility
Bloody hell... What a response from Miranda... I guess she will continue working to keep the rainbow squad satisfied.
Be mad over something that happened 15+ years ago.
@@eddyk3 found her hubby 🤣
Miranda attitude stinks id be surprised if she still drives train to this day
My freinds a bus driver never hit a car.
Too much pampering..
SHE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SIGNALS ARE?
In the documentary it says there’s over 1200 on the line, I bet you couldn’t memorise 1200 signals, exactly where to start slowing down for each individual station platform, and lots of different speed limit changes. It’s a difficult job, more so than you’d think
@@TrainsOfDorset Not like the stations change.. few times around and the brake points must be basically the same every day. you dont need to memorise signals, you just stop if its red i would imagine..
@@TrainsOfDorset Actually route learning is exactly that, and yes a driver is still learning when driving the route for a while after starting. The other thing is that signals are in the line of sight or have repeaters, and a stop signal is indicated as a caution on a previous signal if it has more than two aspects. A driver should be very aware of signals that often/always at stop for logistical reasons (points etc.) and equally so, if they are closely following another train and see a series of stop or caution signals.
@@TrainsOfDorset yes it takes some time to memorise these things, but she should be improving on these things. And remember to ALWAYS check the signals at stations before leaving, don't be like Miranda, even if you do see the points change. Signals are there for a reason, and there protocols and procedures for these things.
@@jasonpeisley6031 exactly and after 2 years she seems to have got lazy and assumed it was at green. Thats bad driving
What a terrible attitude towards such a serious breach in what could lead to a major accident.