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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_je9q7of wrote

Reply to comment by James19991 in Train derailment in butler by thedudeabides412

"No big deal, this happens all the time" I assure myself as vinyl chloride floods out of a derailed tanker and into my back yard.

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James19991 t1_je9rhch wrote

It literally does, and they happen nowhere near as often as they did 50 years ago.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/09/1161921856/there-are-about-3-u-s-train-derailments-per-day-they-arent-usually-major-disaste#:~:text=Since%20the%20late%201970s%2C%20derailments,U.S.%2C%20which%20killed%2041%20people.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_je9rxv1 wrote

That doesn't mean we shouldn't do whatever we can to keep them from occurring, we have way more derailments than comparable countries.

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