Atwood, CA - BNSF / SCAX - Stop signal violation and resulting collision

Basta, CA - SCAX / BNSF - Stop signal violation and resulting collision

Chatsworth, CA - SCAX / UP - Stop signal violation and resulting collision

Spuyten Duyvil, NY - MNCR - Excessive speed on curve

Franklin Jct., PA - AMTK - Excessive speed on curve

Dupont, WA - AMTK - Excessive speed on curve

Hoboken, NY - NJT - Bumper post overrun

ORD Airport, IL - CTA - Bumper post overrun

Aurora, CO - RTD - Excessive speed on curve (two incidences)

I know of two incidences in Canada where a VIA Rail train went too fast around a curve and clobbered into a house and another one that went through a cross-over too fast and piled up.

These are just incidences that I've been able to recall from memory and have all happened in probably the last twenty years or so. The list is not all-inclusive. Is there something lacking in the training of locomotive engineers and light rail vehicle operators? Is the lure of text messaging so great that employees are willing to violate certain rules? Are employees being worked so much that they're falling asleep at the controls?

Are there ANY occupations anymore where the person performing the job can do so competently? We have the leader of the country, the Commander-in-Chief, and he is hallucinating that certain legislation has been passed:

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