4 Dead, 70 Hurt in DC Metro Train Crash

A female train operator and at least 3 other people were killed Monday in a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in Washington, D.C. (June 22)

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[newmonkeyloco]

Get real, how was Obama supposed to know that these trains were going to collide? Obama seriously has a lot on his plate and is trying his best. Give him a break.

[PhillyFan20]

Well, they don't know if the accident was a result of human error or mechanical error. I'm leaning towards mechanical. How could the driver not see an idle train? Why didn't ATC kick in to stop the train from continuing? Metro's on shit street right now.

[austinaubinoe]

I remember both accidents, live right outside DC. But I just have to point out that the driver of the train that crashed into the other train was..... a women.

[StyrofoamGuru]

What does that have to do with anything.

[CALICOTV301]

If you use the word "prevented." Technically, there's a million ways of it being prevented. One is if she hadn't come to work. Some things just can't be prevented. Not in a situation like this. Most things can't be prevented until they happen. That way you diagnose exactly why it happened.

This has never happen before. Now they say, "okay, what can we do to prevent the computers from malfunctioning. Maybe when can test them monthly." Then they research on what they can do in the future.

[CALICOTV301]

Okay. Im confused.

1. You said "Lazy Driver." When you sleep at night for 8 hours, that means you're lazy?

I didn't know lazy + sleepy was the same thing.

If people could control sleep, they wouldn't fall alseep behind the wheel.

I didn't know that meant LAZY. While being lazy you're also resting. Being sleepy is the lack or rest.

Im sure the commenting was disabled because he was showing what people do on the job sometimes, not to receive 200 pages of negative comments.

[CALICOTV301]

As much as Im not wanting to entertain this comment. You must didn't read my comment.

The driver had "no" control over the train. It's set to "automatic." In automatic mode, the train is supposed to stop. Just imagine you are heading towards another train towards high speeds. You assume since it's in automatic that it's not going to collide. When you realize it gets to close, you press the emergency brake and it doesn't work. That's what happened.

[56Edify]

Wow. Very long sentence. Try learning how to use punctuation, moron.

[56Edify]

Once in a lifetime? LOL! Not if the lazy drivers have their way. I just saw a video some kid took of a sleeping driver. Of course, since it is the DC area and the sleeping driver is blac "commenting has been disabled". LOL! Surprise surprise

[CALICOTV301]

This is a once in a lifetime type occurence.

Nothing in this world - NOTHING in this world can be prevented 100% of the time.

The cause was "COMPUTER." Even a computer is not pefect.

Money has nothing to do with this incident. Sometimes it's hard to diagnose a situation of prevent it from happening until it has actually happened.

[esquireyes]

johnie #3 It won't happen. It doesn't happen anywhere. The French and Japanese bullet trains that we all admire are heavily subsidized. So are Europe's transit systems, which serve its cities uncommonly well. On May 5, the D.C. Council passed legislation that matched language already enacted by Maryland and Virginia. That action meets conditions set by Congress last year when it authorized spending as much as $1.5 billion over 10 years to help maintain the Metro system.

[esquireyes]

johnied $ 2 Most transit systems in this country have dedicated tax revenue to run their bus and rail operations. Some sort of regional tax for Washington and its suburbs is proposed periodically, but Maryland and Virginia have traditionally seen such concepts as a sneaky way for the District of Columbia to impose a commuter tax. The idea never gains traction.

Many politicians (& constituents) firmly believe that transit services (& Amtrak) should pay for themselves through fares. con't