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I would expect a litigious country like the US makes common sense very expensive if somebody happens to get hurt. Train tracks are quite dangerous.
by adrianN 10mo ago
I would expect a litigious country like the US makes common sense very expensive if somebody happens to get hurt. Train tracks are quite dangerous.
- woodruffw 10mo agoYou would think so (and so would I), but my experience with Amtrak is that the conductors and engineers exercise a lot of individual discretion. (I think it "helps" that Amtrak covers a very large area, most of which only sees a train once or twice a day at the most. So the practical reality is that there are a lot of stops where you pretty much exit the train right off onto the rails.)
- bombcar 10mo agoAmtrak also exists in a strange portion of law where it can be actually quite hard to sue them.