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.”
Quiz: How Many Safety Violations When New York State Troopers Check 833 Trucks?
May 30, 2014
101 trucks were immediately taken off the road during a recent road check of commercial vehicles on the Southern Tier Expressway May 11-14. The state troopers conducted with 833 inspections. There were 1306 violations. As a personal injury attorney, I can tell you most truck accidents and bus