Breaking - High Speed train crash in Taiwan - at least 48 people were killed

[malaise]

[panader0]

1. High speed trains seem like a good thing,

but if they crash, the damage and deaths are magnified. Horrible.

[honest.abe]

3. I guess you could say the same thing about airplanes.

Trains are still one of the safest ways to travel.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=

[efhmc]

2. Horrible.

[bullwinkle428]

4. Not to get overly technical, but this was not a "bullet train" the way most

people think of those. Guardian story stated the train reached maximum speeds of around 80 mph, which is comparable to our Amtrak trains here in the U.S.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/taiwan-train-crash-many-injured-at-start-of-holiday-weekend

[malaise]

5. True

Word is 54 dead to date

[msongs]

6. the train was not responsible for the wreck. nt