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Disaffected

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13. "No one said...."

Reply to W_HAMILTON (Reply #12)

Thu Feb 16, 2023, 01:39 PM

Feb 2023

IIRC it has been said or implied many times both on this forum and other media. Even the OP for this thread implies that.

And what specific evidence do we have that a better braking system would have actually mitigated the impact of the derailment in this particular case? The NTSB accident report has not yet been released, no?

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That Ohio railway disaster? TRUMP'S FAULT! [View all] CousinIT Feb 2023 OP

Why not wait until we know the facts about the accident before assigning blame? Freethinker65 Feb 2023 #1

I hear what you are saying.... TheRealNorth Feb 2023 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2023 #9

I think it needs to be made clear... TheRealNorth Feb 2023 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author TheRealNorth Feb 2023 #5

Because we already know enough. W_HAMILTON Feb 2023 #11

Most "accidents" are caused by or facilitated by cuts in safety measures and staffing ... Caliman73 Feb 2023 #15

These Are FACTS.... Cha Feb 2023 #32

Actually those facts, as yet, have not been proven to have caused this horrific event. Freethinker65 Feb 2023 #36

Reminds me of rush to expensive legislation for a tank collapse into a major river. Freethinker65 Feb 2023 #35

MTG Complains Not Enough Money Went Toward Rail Safety in Bill She Voted Against: 'This Is a Failure keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #2

That argument is only successful because Conservative voters are so ignorant and blindly stupid. Caliman73 Feb 2023 #16

The same airbrake system that's also used on school buses & trucks was not cause of Ohio derailment Hiawatha Pete Feb 2023 #3

Thank you for bringing some fact and reason to the debate. nt Disaffected Feb 2023 #8

They may be facts, but they are missing the point. W_HAMILTON Feb 2023 #12

"No one said...." Disaffected Feb 2023 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Hiawatha Pete Feb 2023 #20

Brakes seem to have been involved according to this.... CousinIT Feb 2023 #21

Thank You for bringing the FACTS. nt Cha Feb 2023 #34

Where does it say that? W_HAMILTON Feb 2023 #23

No nothing missed, I said it, right there in black and white in post #3: Hiawatha Pete Feb 2023 #17

Then that's the point, so argue that rather than creating strawmen. W_HAMILTON Feb 2023 #22

"Might" have mitgated. That's for the NTSB to decide. Hiawatha Pete Feb 2023 #24

If we are going to wait for the final report to comment on it... W_HAMILTON Feb 2023 #26

Unless the NTSB backtracks on their journal bearing findings,which at this point I think is unlikely Hiawatha Pete Feb 2023 #31

This is the crux of the matter: Disaffected Feb 2023 #29

+1000 n/t Hiawatha Pete Feb 2023 #33

Thanks! Hiawatha Pete Feb 2023 #18

But, but, but "where are Greta Thunberg and Al Gore?" GoCubsGo Feb 2023 #6

The wingnuts are tripping over which deep state or chemtrails conspiracy theory... Hiawatha Pete Feb 2023 #7

I'm all for blaming Trump for everything. But what ACTUALLY happened? fescuerescue Feb 2023 #14

Has the Biden admin moved to reinstate these regulations? Jose Garcia Feb 2023 #19

It has been handcuffed by law in certain regards: W_HAMILTON Feb 2023 #25

This law was passed in 2015. Who was President then? Jose Garcia Feb 2023 #27

Obama, who put the regulations in place to begin with. W_HAMILTON Feb 2023 #28

Because they're Busy Blaming DOT Cha Feb 2023 #30