Amtrak Didn't Wait For System That Could've Prevented Wreck The rush to launch service on a new, faster Amtrak route near Seattle came at a deadly cost — critical speed-control technology that could have prevented a derailment was not active. ...
The latest wreck again raised criticism about the safety culture of the nation's passenger railway. Deadly Amtrak train derailment raises questions about company's safety01:36 With the string of crashes, "it's becoming almost like an epidemic for Amtrak," said Najmedin Meshkati, a Univer...
Today, another body was discovered in the twisted wreck of the Amtrak train in Philadelphia that makes eight dead in Tuesday night`s crash.SCOTT PELLEY, KRIS VAN CLEAVE
The NTSB also recommended in 1998 that roadway vehicles include technology that could alert drivers to the presence of a train on an approach to a grade crossing. "We still don’t see action on that. It’s been 24 years and that recommendation is still as important today as it was ...
To hear her Twitter feed tell it, she was on the phone when she boarded the train and thus chose not to sit in the “quiet car,” which was one of the most damaged in the wreck. At about 3 a.m., she tweeted she had been released from the hospital –“no wallet, one shoe,...
Insurance is basically organized gambling. You're betting the insurance company that you won't wreck. They tell you how much it will cost for them to "take that" bet. The better driver you are the better risk you are and the lower your premiums will be. But some traffic violations can...