I wrote:
Not a problem. It would take a huge bomb to destroy a fast train, or
make it derail. Much bigger than it takes to destroy an airplane.
One of the reasons electric trains are safer is because they do not
explode as easily as airplanes do. They do not carry volatile fuel.
Most aircraft accident victims die from smoke inhalation or fire,
after crash landings.
Even if the train is derailed, because a modern train car has a very
strong structure and the passengers are likely to survive.
The high-speed train tracks in France are at ground level. I think
the Japanese Shinkansen elevated train tracks are better. In the U.S.
there is a significant risk of striking deer and other wildlife at
ground level. Not just deer; last year I was driving in a hilly part
of eastern Pennsylvania when a large black bear bounded across the
road in front of me. Both of us were shook up.
- Jed
- Re: [Vo]: French train as good as airplanes Jed Rothwell
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