Panicked ANTIFA Website Deletes Article About Sabotaging Train Tracks in Olympia After Derailment (brainwash, March)

[boneyard1962]

Originally Posted by notnamed

This train had positive train control to automatically reduce speed but it was not turned on.

Also with this being the first run of this route for this train I've seen reports that a supervisor was on board as well. So highly doubt this was a texting/sleeping issue.

The number one cause of operator error is complacency. Supervisors are not immune to it either. I have seen plenty of supervisors off coking and joking instead of supervising. Just because someone is a supervisor doesn't make them good at the job. It just means they are called a supervisor.

[enraeh]

Originally Posted by Elliott_CA

Nah. It's the nail in the coffin of trains controlled by humans. Positive train control will be mandatory everywhere.

Good luck putting lipstick on that pig.

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by greywar

The track it derailed from was brand new. This was one of the first runs by the train.

Fun fact, there has been a push for years to put in positive train control hardware. Congress even ordered it...but apparently hasn't paid for it. Instead we apparently need tax cuts for the rich more.

Boo hoo
AMTRAK needs to be ended, not funded further. It already burns through enough tax dollars.

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by enraeh

Good luck putting lipstick on that pig.

Oh yeah. And automobiles will never replace horses, and trucks will never replace oxen.

"Fifty years, 10 billion people, and yet the shinkansen has seen zero accident-related passenger deaths or injuries."

https://gizmodo.com/why-japan-s-bull...eed-1707615418

[enraeh]

Originally Posted by jacqueg

Oh yeah. And automobiles will never replace horses, and trucks will never replace oxen.

"Fifty years, 10 billion people, and yet the shinkansen has seen zero accident-related passenger deaths or injuries."

https://gizmodo.com/why-japan-s-bull...eed-1707615418

Perhaps Mr Feinstein could take a haircut and hurry that future along for us.

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by enraeh

Perhaps Mr Feinstein could take a haircut and hurry that future along for us.

Who is Mr. Feinstein, why does he need a haircut, and what does he have to do with the world-wide growth and/or safety of high-speed rail?

[T-310]

Originally Posted by greywar

The track it derailed from was brand new. This was one of the first runs by the train.

Fun fact, there has been a push for years to put in positive train control hardware. Congress even ordered it...but apparently hasn't paid for it. Instead we apparently need tax cuts for the rich more.

PTC is not the cure all you think it is. Too much can go wrong with the gear.

[enraeh]

Originally Posted by jacqueg

Who is Mr. Feinstein, why does he need a haircut, and what does he have to do with the world-wide growth and/or safety of high-speed rail?

Stop with your silly deflection questions you know very well what I’m talking about.

Your response is the perfect example why the eternal and iconic symbol of the left is a braying jackass.

[Roboteer]

Originally Posted by notnamed

This train had positive train control to automatically reduce speed but it was not turned on.

When PTC is eventually put on all trains, and it later malfunctions and a train crashes anyway, who will be blamed and what will they do about it?

[DRob4JC]

Here's a stupid question from me... was there any safety railing on the overpass? I didn't see any.

That would be a major oversight... or a terrible safety assumption.