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Re: $182 million Metro-North settlement

Posted by AlM on Tue Jan 13 16:40:52 2026, in response to Re: $182 million Metro-North settlement, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Jan 13 15:58:10 2026.

The engineer does seem to have acted imprudently, even according to his own testimony. I can understand not going into full emergency braking mode, with 0.15 g or more of deceleration, because that could injure a lot of passengers.* But why not apply the strongest regular application of brakes?

But the driver of the SUV really must have been incredibly out of it. I've had my drivers license for 59 years now and in that entire time railroad tracks have instilled an incredible sense of caution in me. How hard is it to internalize the lesson of "never, ever, stop on a railroad track"?

* Presumably also the reason NYCT subway cars don't have the track brakes that Stephen Bauman often touts.

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