What happens in the event of a catastrophic failure?
Even if a crane crashes into the track and takes out a section of track the cars will be able to stop because they grip all three sides of the track. Present cars have to rely on traction between the rubber tires and the pavement. In icy conditions all bets are off in your car and you spin off the road. The TriTrack will have an emergency brake system that applies brake pads directly onto the track on three sides. This will allow the car to stop as fast as the human bodies inside can endure. The cars tailgate each other at a distance of 28 feet and are electronically linked within 30 milliseconds of an emergency event. Each car further back in the chain will have a longer stopping distance till the car in the very back will gently slow to a stop. Taking the human reaction time out of the equation makes this a much safer system. Other than in an emergency the cars never use the brakes while on the track. The linear generator at the down-ramp slows the car down and reclaims all but about
