r/Infuriating • u/MdTooDevilish Valued Contributor • 4d ago

Trucker crashes after falling asleep driving 40ton deathmachine

This piece of shit driving all over the road putting other peoples lives at risk

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u/KamaliKamKam 4d ago

How about... a WELL MAINTAINED RAIL NETWORK spanning the US? Maybe even with a bonus passenger high speed rail going up and down east and west coast, with a cross continental one going from east coast to Texas to west coast if we're getting really frisky?

Load 300 to 400 trucks worth of stuff on one train and two people to take turns driving the train and really significantly reduce the amount of drive time for getting goods to where they need to be.

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u/HegemonNYC 4d ago

The US has the most developed freight rail system in the world. 

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u/HegemonNYC 4d ago

The US has a very underdeveloped passenger rail system. This is distinct from freight rail. The US moves literally 10x more freight by rail than Europe.