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elleng

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1. Nothing new here; 'safety's been on the 'postpone' list for a long time.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 01:35 PM

Feb 2018

Some of the stalled rules illustrated by the AP:

An electronically-enforced speed limit for trucks on interstates, proposed after a 2015 Tennessee incident in which a speeding tractor-trailer left six dead.
Sleep apnea screening for transportation operators, proposed after a spate of train crashes that saw engineers fall asleep on the job.
Advanced brakes for trains that carry flammable crude oil, which are already required for trains carrying radioactive waste.

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Report: D.O.T. stalling transportation regulations under Trump [View all] turbinetree Feb 2018 OP

Nothing new here; 'safety's been on the 'postpone' list for a long time. elleng Feb 2018 #1

These rules have been written in blood. But were in a new era now of little-to-no new regulations riversedge Feb 2018 #2

pork for the oligarchs Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #3

Good points, but we already have those gangs. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2018 #4

The term "going to hell in a handbasket" keeps coming to mind Rhiannon12866 Feb 2018 #5