QUICK SEARCHES REVEAL THIS HAS BEEN NEGLECTED (JUST LIKE LEVEES IN nEW ORLEANS FOR DECADES)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/tr...,5390210.story
"The NTSB for decades has recommended collision-avoidance devices for corridors where passenger and freight trains use the same track. Railroads say the technology costs too much and isn't reliable."
The people at fault here are the same ones placing the blame on some dead guy. Very convenient, but this problem has been around for decades.
Its no different than underfunded levees in Louisiana.
"costs too much"