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dayofthedaleks | 5 months ago

The engineering is not stellar either. 96% of the line's crossings are at grade. Those intersections are undersignaled with barriers that are easy to drive around.

If you know anything about Florida drivers you won't be surprised to hear there have been 180 fatalities on Brightline since its inception in 2017.

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hdgvhicv|5 months ago

No doubt the public blames the trains rather than the drivers

rsynnott|5 months ago

> you won't be surprised to hear there have been 180 fatalities on Brightline since its inception in 2017.

... Wait, _seriously_? That seems implausibly high, for one not-very-frequent train line. Are these just uncontrolled crossings, with no barriers, or something?