dead man's switch

English

Noun

dead man's switch (plural dead man's switches)

1. A switch that automatically stops a machine or vehicle after a set period of inactivity from the operator.

Synonyms

• Driver's Safety Device, DSD (official UK railway term)
• dead man's trigger
• dead man's pedal
• dead man's handle
• dead man's control
• dead man's brake
• kill switch
• vigilance control
• live-man switch

Translations

dead man's switch

• Basque: gizaki hilaren gailu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 失能开关 (shīnéng kāiguān)

• Danish: dødemandsknap c
• Dutch: dodemansknop (nl) m
• Finnish: kuolleen miehen kytkin
• French: homme-mort (fr) m
• German: Totmannschalter (de) m, Totmanneinrichtung f
• Italian: uomo morto m
• Japanese: デッドマン装置 (deddoman sōchi)
• Korean: 데드맨 장치 (dedeumaen jangchi)
• Polish: czuwak (pl) m
• Portuguese: homem-morto
• Spanish: hombre muerto m
• Swedish: dödmansgrepp n