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NTSB report: Amtrak engineer missed speed-limit signs before train crashed south of Tacoma
Seattle Times ^

Posted on 01/25/2018 11:32:30 AM PST by outpostinmass2

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A Garmin turn by turn GPS unit would have prevented this.
Heck your cell phone would have!

Garmin:
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/cOnTheRoad-cAutomotive-p1.html

Android apps for navigation:
https://www.androidauthority.com/best-gps-app-and-navigation-app-for-android-357870/


21 posted on 01/25/2018 10:45:31 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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you still have to watch the Garmin for it to be of any use. What would have prevented the derailment automatically would have been an operable ATC system.


22 posted on 01/26/2018 2:56:40 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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