Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> jst3751 Wrote:
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> > To clarify, they did not fail any PUC test.
> They
> > failed to function correctly. The California
> PUC
> > will not allow them to be used unless they
> function correctly.
>
> Hmmm .... PUC inspectors were riding the cars when
> the doors failed to open, and then the cars were
> deemed unfit for service.
>
> In a letter Monday, the PUC informed BART General
> Manager Grace Crunican that the railcars were
> running as a single train with inspectors from the
> commission on board. The train failed to recognize
> it was 10 cars in length, the letter said, and
> identified itself as a three-car train.
>
> [
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> erail-BART-s-plan-to-put-new-cars-12339632.php
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>
> Whether you wish to call it a "test" or not, the
> failure occurred while PUC inspectors were riding!
Whether or not the cars worked as they are supposed to has nothing to do with who happens to be inside them.