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July 25, 2013
The Trains in Spain Cause Many to Suffer Pain
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/spain-train-idUSL6N0FV01520130725
"... the train entered the bend at 190 kilometres per hour (120 mph). An official source said the speed limit on that stretch of twin track, laid in 2011, was 80 kph (50 mph).
Investigators were trying to find out why the train was going so fast and why security devices to keep speed within permitted limits had not slowed the train.
Just so I'm clear...the speed limit for this curve was 50 mph. And he tried to take it at 120 mph? Is there NO training for this job? Do you just take some guy off the street, stick him in the conductor's seat, and say "See how fast you can make it go?" WTF
Update: OK. Here's the deal. He's an idiot and thinks it's a joke to make the trains run faster than the posted speed limit. Brilliant. They should fry his ass. He killed like...80 people?
Posted by Rob Kiser on July 25, 2013 at 4:07 PM
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