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Deadly Amtrak wreck in Philadelphia blamed on distracted engineer
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a425couple
May 17, 2016, 10:57:25 PM5/17/16
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Deadly Amtrak wreck in Philadelphia blamed on distracted engineer
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2016/05/deadly_amtrak_wreck_in_philade.html
"The speeding Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia last year, killing
eight people, most likely ran off the rails because the engineer was
distracted by word of a nearby commuter train getting hit by a rock, federal
investigators concluded Tuesday.
The National Transportation Safety Board also put some of the blame on the
railroad industry's decades-long delay in installing Positive Train Control,
equipment that can automatically slow trains that are going over the speed
limit.
Engineer Brandon Bostian was apparently so focused on the rock-throwing
incident he heard about over the radio that he lost track of where he was
and accelerated full-throttle to 106 mph as his train went into a sharp
curve with a 50 mph limit, investigators said at an NTSB hearing convened to
pinpoint the cause of the May 12, 2005, tragedy."
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What bunkum!!
I have heard the nationwide train speed limit is NEVER
over 80 mph. It takes a lot of time & energy to get to 106 MPH!!
Trying to turn this pure gross negligence into a sales job
for PTC is like trying to turn every DUI death into an
argument for self driving cars.
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2016/05/deadly_amtrak_wreck_in_philade.html
"The speeding Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia last year, killing
eight people, most likely ran off the rails because the engineer was
distracted by word of a nearby commuter train getting hit by a rock, federal
investigators concluded Tuesday.
The National Transportation Safety Board also put some of the blame on the
railroad industry's decades-long delay in installing Positive Train Control,
equipment that can automatically slow trains that are going over the speed
limit.
Engineer Brandon Bostian was apparently so focused on the rock-throwing
incident he heard about over the radio that he lost track of where he was
and accelerated full-throttle to 106 mph as his train went into a sharp
curve with a 50 mph limit, investigators said at an NTSB hearing convened to
pinpoint the cause of the May 12, 2005, tragedy."
--
What bunkum!!
I have heard the nationwide train speed limit is NEVER
over 80 mph. It takes a lot of time & energy to get to 106 MPH!!
Trying to turn this pure gross negligence into a sales job
for PTC is like trying to turn every DUI death into an
argument for self driving cars.
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