BOB2 Wrote:
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> Maybe, as opposed the various theories on what
> happened, involving somehow "low" employee pay, or
> possibly due to the lack of and/or failure of PTC,
> which is fairly speculative blathering, there is a
> more rationale explanation...?
>
> Just maybe, the laws of physics might offer a
> simpler and less convoluted set of theories for an
> explanation, like the one about how bodies in
> motion, tend to stay in motion, especially when
> trying to stop on icy tracks?
>
> This was one of the things we saw on the cool
> Russian video of really cool trolley crashes....
> the one that went through the intersection, and
> into the truck, coming down hill on ice.
>
> Neither a lack of PTC (they actually do appear to
> have a similar internal LRT control system) nor
> low wages would have anything to do with that.
>
> There will be an investigation, and a report, then
> we will ultimately learn what happened, including
> any weather related, track condition, control,
> and/or human failures that may have contributed to
> it.
Hey now, being rational isn't allowed. Oh, and I'm sure these experts have plenty of experience traveling on icy rails...