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<p>[quote user="oltmannd"]</p> <p>[quote user="Bucyrus"]<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Could the money spent on PTC stop more accidents than PTC if the money were spent on a systems other than PTC?</span>[/quote]</p> <p>You mean like fencing, grade Xing elimination, education, better sleep/wake cycles for employees, and more RR police?[/quote]</p> <p><span style="color:#000000;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">No, I was referring to things like the following that you mentioned in another post:</span></p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">"But, even if you mean "reduce train to train accidents", you would likely get better bang for the buck with reactive train stop system or cab signal/ATC system. It might get you 80% of the way to the goal for 20% of the cost. </span></p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">When was the last time you heard of a big wreck in NS cab signal territory or Amtrak NEC, or ATSF trains stop territory that PTC could have prevented?"</span></p>
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