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Is Amtrak Crash Nevada’s Fault?
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<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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I knew you would bring that up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I contend that the problem exists with a legal speed of 70 mph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, the authorities should not be expected to make a 30 mph intersection safe for people who happen to be going 60 mph for example. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this is not completely black and white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The government does have a responsibility to enforce the speed limit for the protection of other drivers who are not speeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The government is the manager of the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have a responsibility to not only make the laws, but to enforce them as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otherwise some of the laws will have no benefit in protecting the law abiders.<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;">So if speeding is routine on the Nevada highway at this crossing, the government has a responsibility to know about it and to control it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I do not believe that the possibility of a driver speeding is necessarily a loophole in my argument.<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;">I do not know what actually happened in the Nevada crash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ed Benton says that the truck was governed to 55 mph max.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the truck was only going 55, then I am not sure what happened.<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-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would like to know three things:</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="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">1)</span> <span style="font-size: small;">The speed of the truck before he braked. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">2)</span> <span style="font-size: small;">The average vehicle speed on that highway for commercial vehicles.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 3) The average vehicle speed on the highway for cars and other private vehicles.</span></span></span></p>
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