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Report blows the whistle on lax federal oversight of railroad accidents.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-MAR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) needs to do more to investigate accidents at grade crossings and enforce safety regulations, according to a recent report by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The FRA too often accepts railroads' reports that collisions between trains and cars are caused by motorists' errors, does not report grade-crossing accidents soon enough to preserve evidence for an independent investigation, and rarely assesses fines for critical safety defects at grade crossings, the report said.

Richard Shapiro of Virginia Beach, Virginia, chair of ATLA's Railroad Law Section, praised the report....

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