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Federal Regulators Propose Putting Cameras in Locomotive Cabs
The National Transportation Safety Board is seeking regulations that would require mounting video and voice recorders inside the cabs of every locomotive, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports in his latest post to the Virginia Beach Injuryboard. The recommendation to the Fedral Railroad Administration comes in the wake of official findings that the deadly collision between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train near Los Angeles in September 2008 occurred because the commuter train's chief engineer was texting instead of watching for stop signals. Rick says that while in-cab recording devices could potentially reduce unsafe crew behaviors, safeguards must be written into any such regulations that would bar companies from using those video cameras and voice recorders for purely disciplinary purposes.EJL
About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses on injury and accident law and we have handled hundreds of FELA (railroad worker injuries) and general railroad injury cases. Please take a moment to review our railroad injury case results and visit our Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog. Our primary office is in Virginia Beach, but we're ready to come to you anywhere in Virginia if you've been seriously hurt by someone else's carelessness. While not every injury case meets our criteria, we off a free, initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us toll free at 1-800-752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail and we will return your call promptly.
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