According to a July 19, AP report “The operator of a light-rail train that crashed [in San Francisco], injuring dozens of passengers as well as the operator, came under scrutiny on Sunday as federal investigators tried to figure out why he turned off the automatic controls moments before the accident. Ted Turpin, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said that the operator switched the controls from automatic to manual in a tunnel near the West Portal Station and that he never engaged the emergency brake. Had the operator kept the autopilot on, Mr. Turpin said, the train would have slowed down before arriving at the station and most likely not have careened into a parked train while going 23 miles per hour.”
You may be one of 49 Million Americans Drinking Contaminated Water
December 8, 2009
20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems violated important provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act in the last five years, a New York Times analysis of federal data shows. Included is the water of major cities Full article at New York Times