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by dayofthedaleks 268 days ago
The engineering is not stellar either. 96% of the line's crossings are at grade. Those intersections are undersignaled with barriers that are easy to drive around.

If you know anything about Florida drivers you won't be surprised to hear there have been 180 fatalities on Brightline since its inception in 2017.
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hdgvhicv 268 days ago
No doubt the public blames the trains rather than the drivers
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rsynnott 267 days ago
> you won't be surprised to hear there have been 180 fatalities on Brightline since its inception in 2017.

... Wait, _seriously_? That seems implausibly high, for one not-very-frequent train line. Are these just uncontrolled crossings, with no barriers, or something?

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