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Re:Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train... by kortilla on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:46AM (#34790982)
>If I can get pulled over for having a busted tail light, a train full of toxic chemicals should get stopped for being on fire.

What makes you think this isn’t what normally happens? Trains aren’t just cruising around constantly on fire.

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Re:Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train... by chaps on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:52AM (#34791104)
I think you deeply underestimate how many derailments happen each year in the US

https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/how-often-do-trains-dera...

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Re:Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train... by kortilla on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:29AM (#34801043)
If you think “derailment” means “on fire”, we have bigger issues.
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Re:Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train... by chaps on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:55AM (#34801847)
You've missed the forest for the trees, friend.
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Re:Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train... by kortilla on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:38PM (#34815087)
You think there is a forest because you don’t understand what a derailment is. The vast majority of them are benign. They rarely result in cars even tipping over, let alone spilling.
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Re:Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train... by causi on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:54AM (#34791144)
Trains aren’t just cruising around constantly on fire.

If they were, would you know? I wouldn't.

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Re:Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train... by kortilla on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:32AM (#34801062)
Yes, there is quite an enthusiastic crowd of people making videos of trains. A video of a train on fire just cruising along is gold and there aren’t that many.

Unless you are proposing a conspiracy where the train companies run them on fire only in areas with no people and then shut the fire off as they approach towns/cities/crossings.

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Re:Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:54AM (#34791154)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34784255
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