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Head-on collision on UP's Golden State Route

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[quote user="BroadwayLion"] [quote user="desertdog"] [quote user="Bucyrus"] I am perplexed as to how a doctor could determine that an engineer might not be able to interpret signals, and yet the engineer was allowed by the company to continue in service.   <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] I share your perplexity. John Timm <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] Well, desist in your perplexity. He knew that if the railroad knew he would be taken out of service. He wants to work. It is normal for a man to conceal his infirmities, after all they are not manly. Obviously he also passed his vision tests for a driver's license, so LION thinks his vision was not all that bad. Color on paper and color of lights are of course two different things. And what is colored light other than white light with a filter in front of it. What tricks the eye can play on such things the LION does not know. Him does know that looking at a white paper with the right eye lends a greenish tint, while looking with the left eye lends a reddish tint, at least to the eye of this lion. LION was looking out of dining room window this morning, him thinks he might not be able to distinguish a semaphore at one mile. Well, is no semaphore in back yard, but him cannot see clearly the cross beams on power poles at one mile. Him looks at mile markers on interstate, sometimes him can see them only 1/4 mile away (depending on terrain). Mile markers are same size as semaphore blade but are down in the weeds and not up on a mast. LION thinks they should go to cab signals. ROAR[/quote] I am not perplexed by a person wanting to conceal his medical problems if they might lead to a loss of a job.  In reading the article, I understand that the doctor was made aware of the engineer’s problems, so he did not intend to, or was not able to conceal his vision problems from the doctor.  Therefore, what perplexes me is why the doctor did not reveal the information to the railroad company.  And if the doctor did reveal the information to the company, then I am perplexed as to why they did not act on it.
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