Amtrak Installing Cameras To Watch Train Engineers

An anonymous reader writes: In the aftermath of the derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia a couple weeks ago, the company has caved to demands that it install video cameras to monitor and record the actions of the engineers driving their trains. The National Transportation Safety Board has been recommending such cameras for the past five years. Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman says the cameras will improve train safety, though the engineers' union disagrees. In 2013, the union's president said, "Installation of cameras will provide the public nothing more than a false sense of security. More than a century of research establishes that monitoring workers actually reduces the ability to perform complex tasks, such as operating a train, because of the distractive effect."

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How about speed arrestors, instead?

[derpaderpaderp]

Maybe install the friggin speed arrestors that should have been in that particular train back in 2012. I'd rather KNOW that the passengers are safe, instead of being able to watch the engineer fall asleep at the switch after the fact.