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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
The biggest issue here is the shoddy reporting of the situation. This wasn't a driver abandoning his post, stranding passengers in an unsafe location or performing a unilateral job action. The driver has a legal obligation to the public not to work if he feels it is not safe to do so, whether it be 5 minutes, 5 hours or 12 hours into his shift. It is not really possible to predict when or if the driver will feel it unsafe until they feel that way. The way the media is framing this is ridiculous.
The news could have done a much better job reporting this, but sadly a reasonable headline and not finding the most shrill person to comment would not have sold the story and generated clicks.
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No the biggest issue is the train coming to a stop and not having someone ready to replace the driver.
And we know the driver stopped because he hit his 12 hour limit, not because of safety concerns that just happened to occur. This wasn't random. He knew his 12 hour shift was coming to an end.