Commuter Train crash in LA tonight...

creeky · Post by **creeky** » September 13, 2008 10:18 pm

Hope they dont find too many more bodies ... last I heard was they were still finding survivors?

I travel by train everyday and glad that we have dedicated tracks and no rail crossings to navigate.

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » September 13, 2008 10:24 pm

creeky wrote:Hope they dont find too many more bodies ... last I heard was they were still finding survivors?

I travel by train everyday and glad that we have dedicated tracks and no rail crossings to navigate.

I believe that was the last of the bodies from the trains, but there are still mahy critical patients in the hospitals.

One that passed away was a teacher, one that is critical is an 18 year old girl who just started at USC and was taking the train home for the first time to see her mom.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » September 15, 2008 8:24 am

They've determined the cause of the crash was "human error," and now, this morning, N.B.C. news has reported it's believed the engineer was sending TEXT MESSAGES when the train crashed.

If this is true, words fail me.

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » September 15, 2008 8:27 am

Wino you know wrote:They've determined the cause of the crash was "human error," and now, this morning, N.B.C. news has reported it's believed the engineer was sending TEXT MESSAGES when the train crashed.

If this is true, words fail me.

i heard that too!!!!

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » September 15, 2008 10:33 am

flipflopgirl wrote:
Wino you know wrote:They've determined the cause of the crash was "human error," and now, this morning, N.B.C. news has reported it's believed the engineer was sending TEXT MESSAGES when the train crashed.

If this is true, words fail me.
i heard that too!!!!

I don't know how many times I've been on a commuter train or city bus and the driver carried on a cell conversation not really paying attention to what they were doing. If this is true, sadly it won't surprise me.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » September 15, 2008 10:37 am

Been out of town and just catching up on this......so, so sad.

Dan.....sending thanks that your boy wasn't on the train....yes, a big miracle indeed....

TheSecretsInTheCrust · September 16, 2008 3:07 pm

IT IS TRUE THAT THE ENGINEER WAS SENDING A TEXT WHEN HE WENT PAST THE STOP SIGN.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » October 2, 2008 11:57 am

A Metrolink engineer sent a text message from his cellphone 22 seconds before he collided with an oncoming freight train in an accident that killed 25 people last month...He also received a message about a minute earlier, the agency said...In all, Sanchez received or sent 57 text messages while on duty the day of the catastrophic collision.

LA Times story

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » October 2, 2008 12:02 pm

This is going to get ugly.

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » October 2, 2008 12:08 pm

Ahnuld already signed the bill last week... texting while operating any vehicle to be a serious violation, starting Jan. '09.

Cell phone yakking was initially banned this past Jan. '08

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » October 2, 2008 12:15 pm

Lightning Bolt wrote:Ahnuld already signed the bill last week... texting while operating any vehicle to be a serious violation, starting Jan. '09.

Cell phone yakking was initially banned this past Jan. '08

Yeah there is a law now but it shouldn't be needed. There are already laws against wreckless driving. I think most would agree that it is dangerous to text and drive. Use the darn existing laws. Changing ones pants while driving is wreckless, we don't need another law, just some people to stop avoiding responsibility. I would like to see police start to pull over the morning newspaper readers and the makeup appliers. We really don't need more laws, the seat belt/cell phone/texting laws all might make people feel good but they are just words on paper. They don't make people do the right thing.