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I don't see anything wrong with wanting answers even without having an official reason.  The official investigation and public curiosity have a kind of intangible linkage that is beneficial overall.  And beyond that, the general public should be concerned about railroad safety because they have a direct interest in it.  They ride the trains and will likely be paying for the safety improvements that will be a direct result of this crash.   Investigations do not want to jump to conclusions, so they must take the time to process all the details and possible explanations.  At the same time, if there appears to be gross negligence as a cause, waiting for the investigation to run its course might look like a cover-up.  And cover-ups frequently become a greater wrong than the wrong that they cover up.  With this wreck, I am surprised that we have been told as much as we have so early.  Today, a new detail has been released.  The engineers of both trains had 4-5 seconds in which to react by setting their brakes from the moment they saw each other's train to the moment of impact.  The freight engineer set his brakes, and the Metrolink engineer did not.Also interesting is the fact that Senator Dianne Feinstein has blamed the railroad industry for the wreck for their failure to install safety equipment that would have prevented it.  I guess she is not waiting for the official results of the investigation.  She went on to say that if the industry does not install it in the wake of this wreck, it will amount to criminal negligence.  <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2008184498_traintest17.html">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2008184498_traintest17.html</a>
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