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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In light of the latest derailments scandal, has anyone considered that one of these trains could derail over the Potomac and fall into the water? I’ve been wondering about this for years. When you couple this poorly run system coupled with the previous scandal of falsified rail inspections a few years ago, tell me why this isn’t feasible. With no accountability, I feel like WMATA is a time bomb- we’re fortunate they’ve only killed 15 or so people since 2009.[/quote]

It's possible, but there are all sorts of unlikely things that are possible (a station roof could collapse, a train tunnel could collapse, a train could unexpectedly start going the wrong direction, any number of terrorist attacks or mass shootings in the system could happen). Seems pointless for random riders to sit around thinking about the catastrophes that could happen. Derailments usually don't involve actually flying off the track, more like slipping; I think it would have to be a more spectacular type of accident than Metro has had yet for a train to go off a bridge into the river.[/quote]

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