OK, lets spend 4 billion on gadgets to control trains via big brother. Just like we save ourselves from accidents in our automobiles with Airbags that blow up and kill us too. But, for now, couldn't we put another Engineer in the cab. A team is better than one, and it can be done Quickly. I heard Rachel Maddow blaming congress for not funding PTC, and I think she has missed the beat here. Lets help unemployed by putting them in the trains, as engineers or whatever...
I was wondering why I could think of the person in the cab solution (PITC) and then I heard the same idea on NPR yesterday, from some train industry group. Amtrak says "they have no data to indicate it would help". Screw their data, it cannot hurt...