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/HegemonNYC 4d ago

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

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u/KamaliKamKam 4d ago

and it could still be so much better, and should be better upkept, and maybe even not controlled by two monopolies that want to abuse their workers and cut corners to save pennies while rail upkeep is neglected to save share holder profits

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u/HegemonNYC 4d ago

10x Europe and still insufficient.

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u/KamaliKamKam 4d ago

Yeah, the US is also much larger than Europe and the items that come in on shipping ports have further to go when they need to go to inland locations vs an item that comes into a European port. We should have a better rail transport system, because more rail means trucks can be allotted for more localized shipping, which is more efficient and better for people/workers, the environment, and for traffic.

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u/HegemonNYC 4d ago

The US has half the population of Europe and is slightly smaller in area.