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The Conductor

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1. Old saying...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2018, 05:09 AM

Oct 2018

Railroads were known to have extensive rule books, with rules even down to exactly where you had to stand during a switching move. An ex-railroader once questioned one of these detailed rules, and one of the old timers leaned over and said, "Son, every rule in that book was written in blood." Someone got hurt or killed for that rule to exist.

It's pretty much the same for all those pesky "government regulations;" we are far better at reacting to tragedies than preventing them.

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Calls for new regulation mount as limo crash victims mourned [View all] Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 OP

Old saying... The Conductor Oct 2018 #1

That is an excellent point Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #2

When the feds won't step up to the plate, the state has to. TexasTowelie Oct 2018 #3

Good and necessary effort! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #4

Police: All 20 limo crash victims died of 'severe traumatic blunt force injuries' Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #5