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Re: Top-And-Tailing Anyone?
Author: Wants to know
Date: 03-03-2015 - 19:38
Nudge Wrote:
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> So soon we forget. After the wreck, I think it
> was Chatsworth, they had engines on both ends. Why
> not use an old peice of crap engine, sans
> everything but put controls and some weight on it.
>
>
> I know, it MAY save a life but, hey that means
> they will lose their profits.
Commuter rail agencies don't make profits.
>
> I think the unions should treat it as a MAJOR
> problem and start the strike clock. (It takes
> forever to get all the ducks in a line, waiting 90
> days here, waiting another 90 days for cooling
> off, it goes on and on. But it would at least,
> save some lives.
>
> Oh, I forgot. The carriers figure how much a life
> is worth and get to weigh it with the cost of
> safety.
>
> Nudge
That calculation is made in many policy arenas. Just focusing on transportation, nationally we accept 30,000 - 40,000 annual fatalities on the nation's highways because public transit, which is much safer, is grossly underfunded and there is insufficient investment in pedestrian infrastructure.
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> So soon we forget. After the wreck, I think it
> was Chatsworth, they had engines on both ends. Why
> not use an old peice of crap engine, sans
> everything but put controls and some weight on it.
>
>
> I know, it MAY save a life but, hey that means
> they will lose their profits.
Commuter rail agencies don't make profits.
>
> I think the unions should treat it as a MAJOR
> problem and start the strike clock. (It takes
> forever to get all the ducks in a line, waiting 90
> days here, waiting another 90 days for cooling
> off, it goes on and on. But it would at least,
> save some lives.
>
> Oh, I forgot. The carriers figure how much a life
> is worth and get to weigh it with the cost of
> safety.
>
> Nudge
That calculation is made in many policy arenas. Just focusing on transportation, nationally we accept 30,000 - 40,000 annual fatalities on the nation's highways because public transit, which is much safer, is grossly underfunded and there is insufficient investment in pedestrian infrastructure.
