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Magnetic levitation has been around for years, this advance mode of surface high speed transportation whereby a vehicle gliding above a guide way is suspended, guided, and propelled by magnetic forces that actually allows it to float in air 4 to 6 inches in the air and travels up to 300 mph. Despite the Shinkansens many advantages it is not with its faults. Crashes and Accidents Since there are so much riding on this fast train, has the safety technology been compromised during the construction of the train.
According to some observers ICE safety technology, which locks up the trains wheels and can let train cars jackknife. With this, officials may minimize accidents reports of their gravity to help persuade the promotion and sales of this high speed transportation. Do all the advantages of this transportation out ways the censorship of some the other accidents, by both the Japanese commission and government, that the public may not be even aware of ? Passenger Hostility
Some reported crash cases have made some Japanese passengers angry that they physically attacked Shinkansen train operators. In the worst case a woman driver was left bleeding after being punched by a man shouting: Whats Japan Railways up to, when so many people can die in that accident? On Friday another woman driver almost fell in front of a train when a man kicked her at Osaka station. Pieces of paper bearing the word Die have been stuck on the windows of drivers compartments.
The railway union has set up a helpline for employees traumatized by the public hostility. There have been 70 cases of physical or verbal abuse since these crashes happened, in which 107 people died and hundreds were injured. A seven-coach train packed with commuters ploughed into a block of flats in Amagasaki, near Osaka, because its driver, who also died, was speeding round a bend. It seems certain that he was afraid of being harshly disciplined by Japan Railways West for being a minute and a half late, after he overshot an earlier station.
Revelations about previous instances of carelessness by the 23-year-old driver and about the companys pursuit of punctuality at the expense of safety have caused outrage. Is this what the government is trying to prevent, a back lash of reported incidents caused by high speed or unproven new technology by Japan and other countries. If so, can any undocumented cases that had occurred, prevent this new transportation and its technology to marketed world wide? If such cases can be proven, which the Japanese government may suppressed, they will be held accountable for such technology short falls.
Since a German accident was reported by the Business Insurance, which was documented as one of the worst train disasters in German history, it was recorded that tens of millions of dollars in losses was reported. This accident was estimated in liability claims that would exceed 56. 5 million dollars. A Deutsche Bahn official said the full extent of losses is difficult to gauge until the cause of the accident is determined. Deutsche Bahn is strictly liable for the accident under German law. If no third party is found negligent in the cause of the crash, the railway company will be responsible for all liability claims.
Deutsche Bahns liability policy has $565,000 deductible. These are some examples of what may worry The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the public hostility and the loss of millions or billions of dollars, which may eventually hinder both the engineering of the maglev technology and its sales to other developing countries. If both monetary and passenger hostility prevents the building and sale of the Shinkansen, can the Japanese commission or government suppress the accident repots from being made to the public. Monetary Gain
As a reminder, since there is a great deal of money to be made from this technology, are governments willing to remove such report or even hinder studies on these Maglev trains of their short falls? As an example of such deals, which may prevent the transaction being completed is the stimulus package that President Barack Obamas proposed to legislature, which includes an US$8 billion ($11 billion) provision for high-speed trains, and some say eventually US$600 billion will be needed for a nationwide network, which was stated earlier.
Unfortunately we cannot overlook these questions, since the Japanese economic growth has been consolidating since 2003-2004, with a slow average growth rate for the period 2005-2007 of 2. 1%, being again hit by the recent recession which slashed GDP by 6 percent. Japan still faces a number of serious headwinds to sustained growth, notably entrenched deflation and continued declines in bank lending and land prices. Addressing the shortfall of demand, mainly because household income is too low, will be a big challenge for the government in the years to come.
Large government budget deficits have boosted gross public debt to 219% of GDP in 2009, the highest in the OECD area. I believe this may fuel the Japanese commission or government sharing full disclosure on the Shinkansen studies and reports. A tighter moral and ethical boundaries to their Trade Commission should be implemented and a full disclosure policies will need to be created and implemented, if not already available, to help the wellbeing of the public and consumer.
According to some observers ICE safety technology, which locks up the trains wheels and can let train cars jackknife. With this, officials may minimize accidents reports of their gravity to help persuade the promotion and sales of this high speed transportation. Do all the advantages of this transportation out ways the censorship of some the other accidents, by both the Japanese commission and government, that the public may not be even aware of ? Passenger Hostility
Some reported crash cases have made some Japanese passengers angry that they physically attacked Shinkansen train operators. In the worst case a woman driver was left bleeding after being punched by a man shouting: Whats Japan Railways up to, when so many people can die in that accident? On Friday another woman driver almost fell in front of a train when a man kicked her at Osaka station. Pieces of paper bearing the word Die have been stuck on the windows of drivers compartments.
The railway union has set up a helpline for employees traumatized by the public hostility. There have been 70 cases of physical or verbal abuse since these crashes happened, in which 107 people died and hundreds were injured. A seven-coach train packed with commuters ploughed into a block of flats in Amagasaki, near Osaka, because its driver, who also died, was speeding round a bend. It seems certain that he was afraid of being harshly disciplined by Japan Railways West for being a minute and a half late, after he overshot an earlier station.
Revelations about previous instances of carelessness by the 23-year-old driver and about the companys pursuit of punctuality at the expense of safety have caused outrage. Is this what the government is trying to prevent, a back lash of reported incidents caused by high speed or unproven new technology by Japan and other countries. If so, can any undocumented cases that had occurred, prevent this new transportation and its technology to marketed world wide? If such cases can be proven, which the Japanese government may suppressed, they will be held accountable for such technology short falls.
Since a German accident was reported by the Business Insurance, which was documented as one of the worst train disasters in German history, it was recorded that tens of millions of dollars in losses was reported. This accident was estimated in liability claims that would exceed 56. 5 million dollars. A Deutsche Bahn official said the full extent of losses is difficult to gauge until the cause of the accident is determined. Deutsche Bahn is strictly liable for the accident under German law. If no third party is found negligent in the cause of the crash, the railway company will be responsible for all liability claims.
Deutsche Bahns liability policy has $565,000 deductible. These are some examples of what may worry The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the public hostility and the loss of millions or billions of dollars, which may eventually hinder both the engineering of the maglev technology and its sales to other developing countries. If both monetary and passenger hostility prevents the building and sale of the Shinkansen, can the Japanese commission or government suppress the accident repots from being made to the public. Monetary Gain
As a reminder, since there is a great deal of money to be made from this technology, are governments willing to remove such report or even hinder studies on these Maglev trains of their short falls? As an example of such deals, which may prevent the transaction being completed is the stimulus package that President Barack Obamas proposed to legislature, which includes an US$8 billion ($11 billion) provision for high-speed trains, and some say eventually US$600 billion will be needed for a nationwide network, which was stated earlier.
Unfortunately we cannot overlook these questions, since the Japanese economic growth has been consolidating since 2003-2004, with a slow average growth rate for the period 2005-2007 of 2. 1%, being again hit by the recent recession which slashed GDP by 6 percent. Japan still faces a number of serious headwinds to sustained growth, notably entrenched deflation and continued declines in bank lending and land prices. Addressing the shortfall of demand, mainly because household income is too low, will be a big challenge for the government in the years to come.
Large government budget deficits have boosted gross public debt to 219% of GDP in 2009, the highest in the OECD area. I believe this may fuel the Japanese commission or government sharing full disclosure on the Shinkansen studies and reports. A tighter moral and ethical boundaries to their Trade Commission should be implemented and a full disclosure policies will need to be created and implemented, if not already available, to help the wellbeing of the public and consumer.