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Fri Jan-09-09 11:04 AM
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9. There's so much I could say about trains, but they're safer...

Edited on Fri Jan-09-09 11:05 AM by originalpckelly

so long as there are no level crossings, it's possible to have a train system without many or any accidents causing fatalities. Japan's Shinkansen is the safest form of transportation on the planet, as it has caused no human deaths at speed. Plus high speed trains are almost universally powered by electricity, which means that there is not a volatile chemical propellant on board than can catch fire in a crash.

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