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<div> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">Earlier, I suggested that the quiet zone may have played a part in the Texas crash. This was resisted by some who said that the driver broke the law; so end of story. I was told that the quiet zone is irrelevant to the crash.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">But the Union Pacific says they believe that quiet zones compromise the safety of railroad employees, customers, and the general public. They say that the absence of the loud horn compromises safety and increases the chance of a crash by 68%.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">This is my question:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">If the quiet zone was irrelevant to the crash, why would the U.P. care if quiet zones compromise safety?</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;">Here is a reference to the U.P. statement on quiet zones:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/investigations/track-side-neighbors-hounded-by-horns">http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/investigations/track-side-neighbors-hounded-by-horns</a></span></p> </div>
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