Calif. bans train drivers from using cell phones

And what happens if they're caught using one?. Prolly a $20 fine like with 
cars. What a joke.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26774428/

Calif. bans train drivers from using cell phones
Move comes after engineer in deadly wreck was found to have texted
	
updated 4:20 p.m. MT, Thurs., Sept. 18, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Authorities investigating why a commuter train engineer ran 
through a red signal and into an oncoming freight train have confirmed
that 
he was text-messaging sometime before the fatal crash.

The revelation came just before California regulators issued a tem****ary 
order Thursday banning train operators from using cell phones while on 
duty. The state Public Utilities Commission unanimously passed an
emergency 
order to ban the use of cell phones and other personal electronic devices 
while operating a train.

Last Friday, a Metrolink commuter train ran head-on into a Union Pacific 
freight train in the Los Angeles suburb of Chatsworth, killing 25 people 
and injuring more than 130 others.

Federal authorities confirmed that on the day of the crash, the Metrolink 
train engineer was text-messaging on his cell phone while on duty. 
Authorities say he ran a red light and slammed into the freight train.

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