So apparently a train came off the rails on sunday in New York. Four people were killed and about 67 injured. The train was said to be ging at 82 miles per hour. The maximum speed allowed at the turn they were on was thirty. The engineer on the train, Rockefeller, claims he was in a daze when the events took place. He "was nodding off and caught himself too late," he says. The police are investigating and have discovered the following.
Rockefeller was not drunk during this time.
Rockefeller would have had the chance tget the required amount of sleep before his 5 a.m. shift.
Rockefeller's drug tests have not come back yet.
The train's breaks were working.
The train's signal systems were working.
The breaks were activated after the derailing had started.
The train was equipped with a 'dead man's' system so that if the engineer should become unconscious the train would autmatically stop itself. However, the person's hands would have to have slipped away from the controls.
Rockefeller is aware of his responsibility in the accident.
Knowing all f these things I just cannot say whether I feel the engineer was cmpletely at fault. I want to know what sort of "daze" he was in when it happened, or if that's just some defense attorney's bs tactic at getting him out of serious trouble. With the word daze it is easy to go in the direction of temporary insanity due to insomnia or something of the like. I d feel for this fellow because I myself know how it feels to make a mistake or accidentally fall asleep. However, never have I been so negligent as to due so while people's lives were at stake. It's a very difficult situation to judge. Good thing no one was put on this earth to judge others. So I encourage people to stray from attacking this fellow, because mistakes happen to all of us. Who are we to judge? We are nobody.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/03/us/new-york-train-crash/index.html
Rockefeller was not drunk during this time.
Rockefeller would have had the chance tget the required amount of sleep before his 5 a.m. shift.
Rockefeller's drug tests have not come back yet.
The train's breaks were working.
The train's signal systems were working.
The breaks were activated after the derailing had started.
The train was equipped with a 'dead man's' system so that if the engineer should become unconscious the train would autmatically stop itself. However, the person's hands would have to have slipped away from the controls.
Rockefeller is aware of his responsibility in the accident.
Knowing all f these things I just cannot say whether I feel the engineer was cmpletely at fault. I want to know what sort of "daze" he was in when it happened, or if that's just some defense attorney's bs tactic at getting him out of serious trouble. With the word daze it is easy to go in the direction of temporary insanity due to insomnia or something of the like. I d feel for this fellow because I myself know how it feels to make a mistake or accidentally fall asleep. However, never have I been so negligent as to due so while people's lives were at stake. It's a very difficult situation to judge. Good thing no one was put on this earth to judge others. So I encourage people to stray from attacking this fellow, because mistakes happen to all of us. Who are we to judge? We are nobody.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/03/us/new-york-train-crash/index.html
Wow...this is absolutely amazing. My heart goes out to all those people who were hurt on the accident and I agree...we shouldn't judge the conductor...mistakes, no matter how big,happen
ReplyDeleteThis is so awful. For a little mistake to have injured people and taken lives away is terrible. I do feel that the conductor is at fault, however, if it was just a momentary dazed and confused moment that wasn't caused by any substance or lack of sleep I don't think he should be punished past losing his job. It's the kind of this he'll have to live with for the rest of his life, and in this case I think that's enough.
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