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Japan’s bullet-train drivers are hailed for their adherence to set schedules. This works out well much of the time. But rules, like pie crusts, are sometimes best broken. Especially if lives are at stake.
When a driver recently experienced stomach pains, he did not want to stop at the nearest station. That would cause a delay. While rushing off to the bathroom, he instead put the conductor in charge. This sounds like a plan, but for two major points: The train was then going 90 miles per hour, and the conductor had little to no experience with driving it.
Fortunately, no one was injured or killed. But that’s just the luck of the draw. Prioritizing scheduling over lives is just not the way to go.
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https://www.cnn.ph/world/2021/5/21/Japanese-bullet-train-driver-bathroom-break.html
Copyright May 23, 2021 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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