[Old Professer]

Greyhound had a problem not long ago where people were badly injured and fatalities resulted; they don't ordinarily maintain passenger manifests. Of course the first reaction from the lawyers, political bricklayers, and professional worry warts was to demand a change in their operating rules to include a manifest on every passenger even though the mechanis of such a task would certainly prove to eliminate Greyhound's traditional policy of picking up a passenger along the road or in remote areas. Carry this down a step further and city buses, subways and taxis would be overwhelmed by such a proposal to the point where gridlock would replace passenger travel without appointment.

Laws, nested on laws are the modern-day equivalent of a house of straw.

[Smartaleck]

"Carry this down a step further and city buses, subways and taxis would be overwhelmed by such a proposal to the point where gridlock would replace passenger travel without appointment."

Any time there's a headline accident the politicians can't wait to get their name in the paper.

There is a difference with the airlines versus the examples you gave.

It's not likely anyone is going to flag down a plane for a ride anytime soon. Two, when a plane goes down its a rather catastrophic event and few if any are likely to survive unlike the other modes of transportation Wouldn't be surprised to see a tightening of rail movement/security if we have an incident as they did in Spain. .