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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (857834)5/17/2015 1:18:53 PM
From: locogringo   of 1574559
 
Perhaps you should read the article, or have somebody read it to you? Your opinions are faulty, as is your reading comprehension.

"Some senior Amtrak officials did not become aware that the braking system had not been installed on the northbound side until after the train derailed."

(No amount of money can fix ignorance and/or stupidity)

'A spokeswoman for the railroad said Thursday that the decision not to install the system on the northbound stretch of track had been made in the 1990s and reflected the maximum allowable speeds in each direction. Trains approaching Philadelphia from New York can travel as fast as 110 miles per hour, Amtrak said, and face a steeper decrease in allowable speed heading into the curve than trains traveling from Philadelphia toward New York."

Who was in charge in the 90's?
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