danger signal

Alternative forms

 * danger-signal

Noun

 * 1)  A signal set at danger and showing a red light or other stop indication, which a train driver must not pass until it changes or until manually cleared past the signal by a dispatcher.
 * 2) * 2005, "Practical Railway Engineering" by Clifford F. Bonnett, Imperial College Press ISBN 1860945155
 * "en"

- On a train travelling at say 40 miles per hour a driver would have to react quite quickly to bring his train to a halt at a danger signal even if he could see that signal half a mile away.


 * 1)  An indication that a potentially bad or dangerous situation could develop.

Translations

 * Danish: stopsignal
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: stoppsignal
 * Nynorsk: stoppsignal


 * Danish: faresignal
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: faresignal
 * Nynorsk: faresignal