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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">In response to some previous comments by others:</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;">There are two different purposes for cameras on the crew:</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;">Rules enforcement.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><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;">2)</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Personal protection from sleep disorders.</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;"> <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;">The latter is conceptually the same as the high visibility vest or steel toe boots.</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 don’t think than anyone is condemning all railroaders in this sleep disorder issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And my focus on the problem is not so much in reaction to what happened in the Iowa collision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My reaction is mainly to the NTSB’s pronouncement in using the accident to highlight the fatigue management issues and what they want to see done about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And in doing a little research into rail worker sleep disorders, I find a boatload of information and concern over the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So bringing up the topic is hardly what I would call conspiratorial.<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;">It is the NTSB that says inward facing cameras would have been advantageous, even though they don’t make it clear why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only see the inward facing cameras as loosely associated with the monitoring system I mentioned above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indeed, the monitoring system does utilize a camera to watch eye movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the point is to protect people, not to prosecute them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I would not want inward facing cameras if I had a choice in the matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would feel the same way about privacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then, I cannot convince myself that I actually have a right to privacy while working for somebody on their premises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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