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© Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.1 dead, over 100 hurt in train crash at New Jersey station
By DAVID PORTER and KAREN MATTHEWS HOBOKEN, N.J.©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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CrazyJoe
There seems to be a rush to point fingers. Let's wait for all the facts, then we can blame Christie. I hope this wasn't the case of another engineer texting or using his cellphone for entertainment.
LFRAgain
While it is very tempting to quip that perhaps Chris Christie should have put the energy he expended on laughing his butt off about the politically motivated lane closures on the George Washington Bridge into making certain his state's trains were running more safely, the truth is the Positive Train Control System being talked about are going to take about 20 years and a boatload of money Jersey doesn't doesn't have to implement in its trains and the over 1000 miles of track that make up the New Jersey rail system.
The driver needs to be looked at very carefully.
maglev101
Maybe just Made in American junk or Made by Union Labor crap?
coskuri
The Donald has not yet revealed that Hillary Clinton is the cause ?
I hope that was. That's the best possibility. Near Paris, we had a commuter train crash a few years ago and the company's execs were saying "Yes, human error..." to gain time and cover the big issue... Just like TEPCO, our train company had a culture of neglecting maintenance and covering incidents under the carpet. And now, it appears that all the lines are in awful conditions, so more accidents are likely.
Fadamor
Meanwhile, the death toll rises because of the regulators' inaction.
The unions fight the installation of such cameras because they fear (rightfully) that the recordings could be used as grounds for termination. The railroads don't push back too hard against the unions on this issue because the expense of incorporating the cameras into a system that could survive a crash at all their manned stations on the train would cut into their profits.