It was a deadly weekend for trains. CNN reports that on Sunday, an Amtrak train passing through an intersection without crossing gates in rural Brentwood, California, collided with a passenger vehicle, killing three people and causing major injuries to two others. On Monday, an Amtrak train derailed in Missouri, killing at least three people.
Saddened by the tragic loss of life and injuries in the Missouri train derailment today & Northern California collision over the weekend. I have been kept updated & my team is in touch with Amtrak & relevant authorities. FRA staff are en route to support the investigation in MO.
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) June 27, 2022
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was on NBC News Tuesday night to talk about the accidents, and gave his suggestion for how to reduce their numbers:
Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the deadly Amtrak derailment:
"The fewer points we have in the country where it's even physically possible for a train and a car to collide, the safer this country will be."
Join us tonight for more from the exclusive interview with @LesterHoltNBC. pic.twitter.com/hei2eZif4K
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) June 28, 2022
Makes sense, sort of. So we just eliminate railroad crossings?
From the Kamala Harris School of Public Speaking–
Transport Secy Pete Buttigieg's insight on the deadly Missouri train crash:"The Fewer Points We Have In The Country Where It's Even Physically Possible For A Train And A Car To Collide, The Safer This Country Will Be" NBCNews— Andrew Malcolm (@AHMalcolm) June 28, 2022
How about a new govt program to turn every street crossing a railroad track into a dead end right there. Call it Block Back Better
— Andrew Malcolm (@AHMalcolm) June 28, 2022
— Jeff Schervone (@JeffSchervone) June 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/WmTWaterman/status/1541889193487515649
Boot-Edge-Edge’s solution to reducing car-train collisions is to get rid of cars.
— Tom (@MIwolverine10) June 28, 2022
This guy wanted to be president… pic.twitter.com/1C281OVdQF
— Louie (@JustLouie) June 28, 2022
a real genius. and this guy has a paying gig? unreal.
— Barbara Burton (@UBRox1) June 28, 2022
— Usually Right (@normouspenis) June 28, 2022
now we're getting somewhere🤡🤡🤡
— e.Diane (@Dianestraley) June 28, 2022
The obvious solution is to eliminate cars and make everyone commute by train.
Related:
Pete Buttigieg unveils plan to ‘nudge’ Americans out of cars and into public transportation https://t.co/pq9elLM66F
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 16, 2022
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