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Head-on collision on UP's Golden State Route
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<p>[quote user="petitnj"]</p> <p>Unfortunately , the fatigue problem has not become serious enough and so difficult to prove in accidents, that it will not be seriously addressed by the railroads, unions or the FRA. Unfortunately, the FRA will eventually come down with some edict that will cost the railroads $billions and then they will scream and shout.[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The problem was perhaps not taken too seriously when it first was identified, but now that it has been studied further, the problem has definitely been found to be serious enough to take action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Look at how the problem is defined:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Loss of consciousness can occur any time on duty by the sudden, unforeseeable onset of overpowering fatigue due to a disease caused by working nights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is a serious problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">And action is being taken on the problem, and it won’t matter whether the railroads want to go along with it or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Action will simply be imposed on the railroads by regulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p> </p>
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