The FRA is like a $1.5 BILLION waste a year. Talkin’ about a infested swamp.
2017 Total fatalities: 888 (Highest number killed in at least 10 years)
Total train miles: 698,798,438 —TRAIN AVERAGE 786,035 miles to kill somebody.
Amtrak 178 killed 225,000 miles to kill somebody
BNSF 125 killed 1,437,878 miles to kill somebody
CSX 112 killed 646,926 miles to kill somebody
Norfolk Southern 84 killed 1,124,468 miles to kill somebody
Union Pacific 155 killed 983,144 miles to kill somebody
FEC 16 killed 134,636 miles to kill somebody —(743 killed to 1.13 for normal drivers.) https://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx
2015 Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled 1.13
So in 700 Million (rounded off) miles railroads should of have had (7 times 1.13) = 8 deaths not 888. Easy enough railroads average killing 111 people to normal drivers ONE
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The FRA is like a $1.5 BILLION waste a year. Talkin’ about a infested swamp.
2017 Total fatalities: 888 (Highest number killed in at least 10 years)
Total train miles: 698,798,438 —TRAIN AVERAGE 786,035 miles to kill somebody.
Amtrak 178 killed 225,000 miles to kill somebody
BNSF 125 killed 1,437,878 miles to kill somebody
CSX 112 killed 646,926 miles to kill somebody
Norfolk Southern 84 killed 1,124,468 miles to kill somebody
Union Pacific 155 killed 983,144 miles to kill somebody
FEC 16 killed 134,636 miles to kill somebody —(743 killed to 1.13 for normal drivers.)
https://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx
2015 Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled 1.13
So in 700 Million (rounded off) miles railroads should of have had (7 times 1.13) = 8 deaths not 888. Easy enough railroads average killing 111 people to normal drivers ONE