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Zugmann,<o:p></o:p> Yes, I can understand that point, but that is not the point that I thought you were making in your original comment.  You said the guy is a railroad engineer, not a highway engineer, and seemed therefore to conclude that the guy was not an expert on the subject of highway safety measures.  I interpreted that to mean that that disqualified the validity of what he said about improving the crossing.  <o:p></o:p> Whether or not he should have said it, considering its effect on the pending legal proceedings, is another matter, and I can certainly see your point about the advisability of holding back and only answering the questions that he was legally compelled to answer.  I did wonder about that myself when I read how far he went in offering his opinion.  Apparently, he made those comments in a hearing by the NTSB, and I have no idea what sort of legal process prevails in such a hearing.  I also wondered how his comments made their way onto Trainorder.com.<o:p></o:p> I have since learned that he has gone public with his views on the matter.  On 7/2, he posted those comments in a blog on a website called Labor Notes.   This is here:<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://labornotes.org/blogs/2011/07/engineer-truck-train-collision-raises-fundamental-safety-questions">http://labornotes.org/blogs/2011/07/engineer-truck-train-collision-raises-fundamental-safety-questions</a><o:p></o:p> Apparently, in the context of the relationship of the railroad industry and the unions, he is willing to take an adversarial position and criticize the industry over safety issues.  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p>
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