Study: 298 lives could have been saved with speed control technology
Study: 298 lives could have been saved with speed control technology By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | PUBLISHED: December 21, 2017 By Michael Balsamo and Michael Sisak | Associated Press Nearly 300 people have died in train crashes that could have been prevented if railroads across the U.S. implemented critical speed-control technology that federal safety investigators have been pushing for close to five decades, according to rail crash data obtained by The Associated Press. But despite overwhelming evidence it could save lives, Congress extended the deadlines for railroads to implement positive train control for years. All the while, new high-speed train routes continue to spring into operation without the technology, including the new route involved in Monday’s Amtrak crash south of Seattle that killed three people and one in Florida that’s expected to start service in the coming weeks. Data the NTSB provided to AP on Wednesday shows the crashes the...