This is the nations safety watchdog making sure they are the top priority in the u. S. Department ofor transportation. Through its impartial investigations into transportation accidents, the board makes recommendations that have transformed Transportation Safety. Ha ntsbs recommendations prompted action to require railroads use positive train control to use seatrc belts to have well rested crews. The needs to continue to improve safety is ongoing. Run away near misses are far too frequent and must do better. Eastet palestine derailment, and the inspections that have been lacks. They make sure we are looking out for longer trains and improvements. Thats just flustering given last saturdays derailment where three trains collided. We seeen a crisis in the nations roadwaysn in 2021. The latest data we have fatalities are the highest since 2005 in my home state. Fatalities increased 40 since the pandemic. While, thats enough to think about, we are urgently in need of an ntsb and use the exp
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