ABSTRACT
Introduction
On the 25 April 2005 in Japan, a train derailed and rammed into a nearby building killing 106 passengers, the driver and injuring 500 people. This incident is referred to as the Amagasaki rail crash. Investigators determined that the train driver's late braking at a curve was the primary cause of the accident. However, the reason for the late braking remains unclear (Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission, 2007). The train driver's attention might not have been focused on operating a train, but on a radio conversation between the conductor and the operations commander, concerning his mistake in which he overran at a previous station. However, this factor remains speculative, since we do not know whether such listening could interfere with recognizing when to brake.
