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That depends on your design. In a railroad locomotive it would either sound an alarm OR it would set the breaks.

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If you take your hand off a dead man's switch, it will activate the emergency stop mechanism, stopping the machine or process it is connected to. This safety feature is designed to prevent accidents in case the operator becomes incapacitated.

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A "dead man's switch" is designed not to work unless you remove your hand, as would happen if you died or lost consciousness. If you remove your hand, it goes off.

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