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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 5518710" data-attributes="member: 45230">[MEDIA=twitter]1626379361027858432[/MEDIA][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2023/02/17/national-transportation-safety-board-chair-wallops-buttigieg-for-spreading-misinformation-about-derailment-n1671562[/URL]On Thursday, Homendy <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferHomendy/status/1626379359375265792" target="_blank">tweeted</a> that “anyone speculating about what happened, didn’t happen, or should’ve happened is misleading a suffering community – PLEASE STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION. For example… Some are saying the ECP (electronically controlled pneumatic) brake rule, if implemented, would’ve prevented this derailment. FALSE – here’s why… The ECP braking rule would’ve applied ONLY to HIGH HAZARD FLAMMABLE TRAINS. The train that derailed in East Palestine was a MIXED FREIGHT TRAIN containing only 3 placarded Class 3 flammable liquids cars. This means even if the rule had gone into effect, this train wouldn’t have had ECP brakes.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 5518710, member: 45230"] [MEDIA=twitter]1626379361027858432[/MEDIA] [URL unfurl="true"]https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2023/02/17/national-transportation-safety-board-chair-wallops-buttigieg-for-spreading-misinformation-about-derailment-n1671562[/URL] On Thursday, Homendy [URL='https://twitter.com/JenniferHomendy/status/1626379359375265792']tweeted[/URL] that “anyone speculating about what happened, didn’t happen, or should’ve happened is misleading a suffering community – PLEASE STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION. For example… Some are saying the ECP (electronically controlled pneumatic) brake rule, if implemented, would’ve prevented this derailment. FALSE – here’s why… The ECP braking rule would’ve applied ONLY to HIGH HAZARD FLAMMABLE TRAINS. The train that derailed in East Palestine was a MIXED FREIGHT TRAIN containing only 3 placarded Class 3 flammable liquids cars. This means even if the rule had gone into effect, this train wouldn’t have had ECP brakes.” [/QUOTE]

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