Unfortunently this crash will change railroading forever. The carriers have wanted for a long time to prohibit "electronic devices" in the cab of operating locomotives. Weather or not the engineer was texting has already opened the Pandora's Box to enforce that rule, but now an a Federal level. The carriers also had wanted for quite some time to eleminate alcohol and drugs on railroad property. The Ricky Gates accident changed that overnight forever, just as this accident will do for electronic devices.

Interestingly enough, how often have you observed an 18 wheeler "drifting" into your traffic lane and noticed the operator holding a CB microphone in his hand when you finally passed? If you want to enforce rules and practices, get the truckers off of their electronic devices also. By the way, was your small child in your vehicle when the 18 wheeler drifted?