APNewsBreak: US miscalculated benefit of better train brakes

[JacksinPA]

https://www.apnews.com/2e91c7211b4947de8837ebeda53080b9

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels when it scrapped an Obama-era rule over cost concerns, The Associated Press has found.

A government analysis used to justify the cancellation omitted up to $117 million in estimated future damages from train derailments that could be avoided by using electronic brakes. Revelation of the error stoked renewed criticism Thursday from the rule’s supporters, who called the analysis biased.
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The Trump administration's scrapping of another Obama regulation is calculated to cost $117M.

 

[Slavister]

The Trump administration's scrapping of another Obama regulation is calculated to cost $117M.

... and probably some lives and limbs lost in the accidents ... but hey, it was something done during Obama days, so screw it ...

 

[Hawkeye10]

https://www.apnews.com/2e91c7211b4947de8837ebeda53080b9

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul explosive fuels when it scrapped an Obama-era rule over cost concerns, The Associated Press has found.

A government analysis used to justify the cancellation omitted up to $117 million in estimated future damages from train derailments that could be avoided by using electronic brakes. Revelation of the error stoked renewed criticism Thursday from the rule’s supporters, who called the analysis biased.
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The Trump administration's scrapping of another Obama regulation is calculated to cost $117M.

Up to 117 is not 117 is the first thing, the geniuses are extremely unreliable is the second thing.