Hoboken Crash Could’ve Been Prevented By Gps Device

The New Jersey commuter train that smashed into the Hoboken station Thursday wasn’t equipped with a GPS-based safety technology that could have prevented the disaster. The locomotive lacked positive train control, an automatic braking technology that can override train operators to stop or slow down trains that are traveling too fast.

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