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Has there really been more, or are we just biased because the media decided to pick up every train related incident?
Historically, most train accidents involve another vehicle; be it car, plane, trucks, or another train. Train crossings are a big issue for trains because people do things they shouldn’t. In 2022, by this point in the year there had been 8 train accidents with only 2 of those being the train derailment or infrastructure issue that caused the accident. This year has been special, meaning we’ve had a lot of train accidents that are the train or infrastructure issues that caused the train to crash. We’re at 11 train accidents with only one involving another moving vehicle.
This but should trains really be crashing at all? The fact that it's so frequent is a problem in if itself. I mean I get it shit happens but I mean c'mon.
No they should absolutely not.
The really disturbing thing is that they're not simply crashing, but because the infrastructure is so dilapidated, they're literally just falling off the tracks.
And that is not something you fix in a week.