Sure, children will probably be run over, but they'll likely be poor children and therefore no great loss.
Biden helps avert railway strike.
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The tweet has since been deleted, so here's another one.
Though this one doesn't mention the derailment in South Carolina.
They should consider the chemical fallout as practice for their years of indentured servitude on Mars. Don't worry, there's a health plan (exclusions apply).
I've read some comments on Twitter about how people in Ohio "deserve" the toxic chemicals because they voted Republican.
There's a disturbing number of people who think bad things happening in certain states is "karma" for how the people in those states voted.
There's a disturbing number of people who think bad things happening in certain states is "karma" for how the people in those states voted.
And it's not like single person in Ohio, including the people too young to vote, and, unfortunately, some not yet born, voted Republican, did they?
USDOT Announces Intent to Repeal Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Mandate | PHMSA
In accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Public Law 114-94), the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the final updated Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) in regard to Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brakes on certain trains. After careful...
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Just for some spicy context, this is when the Trump administration repealed the regulation requiring trains carrying hazardous materials to have electronically-controlled pneumatic brakes.
Remember when Trump was obsessively repealing any regulations Obama brought in, no matter how sensible or necessary? That was a "fun" time with zero consequences.
Yeah zero sympathy for the idiot fucks in Ohio. You asked for this dumb-dumb, enjoy!USDOT Announces Intent to Repeal Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Mandate | PHMSA
In accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Public Law 114-94), the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the final updated Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) in regard to Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brakes on certain trains. After careful...
Just for some spicy context, this is when the Trump administration repealed the regulation requiring trains carrying hazardous materials to have electronically-controlled pneumatic brakes.
Remember when Trump was obsessively repealing any regulations Obama brought in, no matter how sensible or necessary? That was a "fun" time with zero consequences.
We're never going to recover from Trump.USDOT Announces Intent to Repeal Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Mandate | PHMSA
In accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Public Law 114-94), the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the final updated Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) in regard to Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brakes on certain trains. After careful...
Just for some spicy context, this is when the Trump administration repealed the regulation requiring trains carrying hazardous materials to have electronically-controlled pneumatic brakes.
Remember when Trump was obsessively repealing any regulations Obama brought in, no matter how sensible or necessary? That was a "fun" time with zero consequences.
Probably not for a substantial amount of time until after a thorough investigation.
I mean, it's probably safe to say lack of maintenance and inadequate training of staff, but it'd be nice to get more specifics
Regulations just keep corporations from transferring the costs of their malfeasance to the poor, where they belong.
Decent information here...
Five lingering questions over Ohio train derailment, toxic spill
Residents of the small town of East Palestine, Ohio, are back in their homes this week following their evacuations over looming explosion fears after a train carrying 20 cars of hazardous mate…
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Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) received reports that crews of the Norfolk Southern train pulled the emergency brake, and a mechanical issue with one of the railcar axles was discovered, CNN reported.
The possibility of a brake failure points to a behind-the-scenes battle in American railroad regulation — and a place where critics say that both parties have resisted reforms that would make Americans safer.
Most trains run on a system where wheels stop one at a time using a compression system, left-leaning news outlet The Lever reported. By contrast, electronically controlled pneumatic brake technology halts all the cars simultaneously — dramatically reducing stopping time.
While Norfolk Southern initially touted these advances, it was also part of a coalition of rail companies that successfully fought the regulations, winning a reprieve from the Obama administration and a repeal under the Trump administration, according to The Lever.
The outlet reported that the Norfolk Southern train wasn’t regulated as a “high-hazard flammable train” even though its crash triggered a fireball.
“Railroads should not use their lobbyists to block or weaken commonsense safety measures that protect workers and communities,” Brown told The Lever.
In his statement to The Hill, the Ohio senator called on the NTSB, which is investigating the derailment, to tell Congress and the Department of Transportation what can be done “to avert future derailments involving hazardous materials.”
One such measure is before the agency now. Members of multiple railroad unions are fighting a potential rule that would allow trains using the new electronic brakes to travel 2,500 miles — up from 1,500 — without stopping to have their brakes tested.
While these trains would have electronic logs, such a ledger “cannot justify reducing the frequency of inspections and repairs to train brakes in the field,” Rich Johnson of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen said in a statement.
“Such changes will almost certainly reduce the overall safety of trains operating across the country,” Johnson added.
Possibly. Human error or negligence, or an accident (e.g. obstacle on the tracks) may be involved. There's also stuff like dumb luck - the maintenance might have been up to snuff, but there's still the possibility something managed to go wrong anyway because no maintenance regime can be perfect. Also, of course, any combination of the above.
Preliminary reports just in suggest an overheated rail bearing on one of the train's freight cars: they found camera footage appearing to show it close to failure.
And then Democrats took over. And didn't reinstate those regulations.
Although, perhaps, it is more important to ask why they didn't than note that they haven't.
