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Posted by Bill West on Sat Feb 7 14:26:05 2015, in response to Re: How Railroad Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Bill West on Fri Feb 6 17:33:19 2015. In the last 12 months another 270 people were killed at crossings for general reasons which have been repeating for over a hundred years. This week for the first time 5 people were killed onboard for reasons connected to the third rail. This appears to be the industry's first such major incident of its type in 100 years. It does not however appear to involve any new technology or practice such that it could be taken as suggesting a new trend.The public cannot afford infinite resources for these problems. So which area should a responsible safety leader direct the finite money to, a substantial amount on the third rail or a substantial amount on increasing efforts to improve the motorists' conduct and reactions? So sorry, but real world safety is not a case of avoiding every fatality, it is a tradeoff like medical triage. As you will never have the resources to prevent all of the fatalities you have to look at the whole picture and campaign for the action that will prevent the largest portion of them. Bill |
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