Don’t worry. Government owned and run railroad is on the job. Not too many more people will die before it applies some half-assed patch.
With any luck the next avoidable government disaster will take the heat off Amtrak.
How can a privately run rail system be worse or more expensive than this?
Government won’t follow it’s own rules but woe to you for not doing as you are told.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-washington-amtrak-derailment-20171219-story.html
The new 14.5-mile bypass, developed by the local government agency Sound Transit, was designed to allow the train to travel at faster speeds by avoiding cargo traffic.
But the passage was not yet equipped with what is known as a “positive train control system.” Such systems automatically slow down trains when they are approaching curves too quickly or headed toward a collision with another train.
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