Because I can stop. Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
I suspect the increased numbers of train accidents (if this is statistically correct) have a lot of causes, especially since the cases you cite occurred in different countries and even different continents. We do have a lot of accidents here in the US, even if not in Chicago. I'm always hearing about Amtrak derailings or Metro accidents. The causes are varied. Everything from overly tired or alcohol impaired drivers who miss signals, or don't reduce speeds as required for track conditions, to faulty signaling devices, to poor track/road bed conditions. Each of these conditions demands a separate solution. Nevertheless, the answer to the basic, albeit a snark, question is undoubtedly Yes. I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
I suspect the increased numbers of train accidents (if this is statistically correct) have a lot of causes, especially since the cases you cite occurred in different countries and even different continents.
Yes, the multiple cause thing is my answer. In the UK a change in the ownership/control structure through a process of privatisation led to a catastrophic fall in safety concerns. Numerous small accidents were bracketed by a series of high profile crashes, almost all due to collapsing infrastructure, finally forced the companies to act.
The public still want a return to public control due to widespread disillusion with the ineffectiveness of the privatised railway. Sadly the govt is too frightened of the Daily Mail and the Murdoch papers to do anything that might be mistaken for effective management of the railways.
I cannot comment on problems in other countries. keep to the Fen Causeway
and they say the days of public human sacrifice are dead :-)
besides, train crash headlines sell papers. The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
