A jury has awarded a judgment of $1.2 million to a Scituate woman hurt when a Green Line trolley crashed while the operator was texting, the first jury verdict to stem from that 2009 accident.
The rear-end crash destroyed $10 million worth of Green Line vehicles, sent 49 people to the hospital, and prompted the MBTA to impose the nation’s strictest cellphone policy, banning drivers even from carrying them on the job.
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Maybe a sensor of some sort that would prevent trains from coming within more than a cars length away from each other?
That's fare!
Giermund - maybe hiring operators with half a brain and who know enough not to text and drive will keep cars from crashing into each other.
I wonder how much state, local governments and government agencies such at the T pay out each year due to employee ineptitude?