Existing Laws and the Recent Amtrak Crash
On May 12th, Amtrak train 188 derailed near Philadelphia while taking a curve on the railroad. The derailment caused eight deaths and around 200 people in the train were injured, with some of them still in a critical condition. According to investigations that were carried out, the train was travelling at over 100 mph just before trying to manage the curve. A speed limit of 50 mph is in place for such track areas where there is a curve. This means the train was travelling at twice the speed it was supposed to travel on that stretch. The engineer who was in charge that day