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There is much less danger on a train vs. a plane. A bomb would only destroy a section of a train and you can't really hi-jack a train and do much damage.
by javery 17y ago
There is much less danger on a train vs. a plane. A bomb would only destroy a section of a train and you can't really hi-jack a train and do much damage.
- alain94040 17y agoyou can't really hi-jack a train So true. You can try, though. Let me know how it goes :-) For sure in Europe, there is no security screening for high-speed trains like there is for planes. You'd have to be paranoid to setup the same structure (or a big hater of trains).
- davidw 17y agoI did have to quickly go through a metal detector (IIRC) to get on a train in Spain. But it was nothing like airport security. This is a politics article though (hint: whitehouse). It should not be here.
- tptacek 17y agoThis is not a politics article, David. It's about high speed rail, not about the politics of high speed rail.
- tsuraan 17y agoBesides the difficulty involved in driving a train into a building, I'm guessing it's a lot easier to destroy a train from the outside. There's no point screening passengers when anybody who wants to can throw rocks at trains, put logs across the tracks, whatever. Edit: plane, train, whatever...
- carbon8 17y ago"you can't really hi-jack a train and do much damage" For an enlightening discussion on the subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDQNpr2RnFI#t=2m48s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDQNpr2RnFI#t=2m48s