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As most of you are all probably aware
of, there was a bad train accident near Osaka on Monday.
The curren death toll is around 100 with more than 4
times that amount injured.
Pretty shocking for Japan since the
train system in this country has such a stellar safety
record.
More than once while riding a packed
commuter train here in Japan I have thought about what
would happen if there was a derailment or head-on collision.
I think that is why I seem to subconciously enter a
car near the end of the train. I can't imagine the horror
of getting trapped in a twisted/flattened tube like
that.
So far everything seems to be pointing to operator
error with possible influences by the condition of the
tracks or train itself.
I have no doubt that they will find out exactly what
went wrong, but that will be little consolation to those
families that were affected. All it can do is to help
prevent something similar in nature from happening again.
One thing is for certain. JR Railways is no doubt going
to have to buy the apartment building that the train
slammed into. No Japanese person would ever consider
living in a building where 100 people met a violent
and untimely end. Most likely they will buy the place
just to tear it down.
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