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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 20 September 2016 - 10:52 AM

Progressive Railroading, 9/20:

 
Canada's TSB calls for locomotive video, voice technology

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) yesterday released its safety study and reiterated the agency's call for voice and video recorders on locomotives.

TSB's report, "Expanding the Use of Locomotive Voice and Video Recorders in Canada," examines technology, legislative and regulatory issues and potential safety benefits of installing recorders in locomotives, and the appropriate use of locomotive voice and video recorders (LVVR) information.

"The need for on-board voice and video recorders has been on the TSB Watchlist since 2012," said TSB Chair Kathy Fox in a press release.  .  .  .

 

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Posted 20 September 2016 - 11:36 PM

CP news  release:

 

CP responds to TSB report on LVVR implementation, calls on Minister of Transport to do more
September 19, 2016 Calgary, AB

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Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) today joins the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) in calling for the Minister of Transport to implement Locomotive Voice and Video Recorders (LVVR) as soon as possible. CP reiterates, however, that the true value in LVVR technology lies in shaping behaviour and preventing accidents before they happen.

 

The TSB today released a study, Expanding the use of locomotive voice and video recorders in Canada, in which Kathy Fox, Chair of the TSB, noted that LVVR data should be "used in the context of a pro-active, non-punitive safety management system" as that would help "railways identify and mitigate risks before accidents occur."

 

"While I commend the TSB for the work they have done on this issue, today's report does little to improve rail safety," said Keith Creel, CP's President and Chief Operating Officer. "I implore Minister Garneau to show political leadership by implementing LVVR as a preventative, proactive, behaviour-changing tool."

 

CP has argued and will continue to argue that without a pre-emptive disciplinary option, LVVR would do little to improve safety.

 

"This technology needs to be implemented, but it needs to be used in a way that reinforces sound safety practices and rewards safe behaviours," said Creel. "On one hand, the TSB is saying yes to accident prevention but on the other, it refuses to allow the railroad to take appropriate corrective action, including applying disciplinary consequences, in the event of unsafe behaviours."

 

Opponents of taking this important step forward in rail safety are concerned about how railways would use the information. They say employees have a right to privacy while at work and recordings would be used for disciplinary purposes. CP is firmly of the view that the need to prevent accidents outweighs these concerns. CP is also prepared to implement procedures that would ensure LVVR information must be tightly controlled and only used within strict guidelines.

 

"Not allowing LVVR to be used proactively is like giving highway police officers radar guns but not permitting them to hand out speeding tickets," Creel said. "Without consequences, unsafe behaviours would simply continue."

 

CP uses LVVR technology in 15 of its locomotives in the U.S. The technology is also being used successfully by others in the U.S. with studies showing a 40-percent reduction in collisions per million miles travelled.

 

"The safety of our comm​​​​​unities trumps personal privacy, plain and simple," Creel said. "To put a finer point on what the TSB has issued today, I will say this: I would much rather prevent a death, than explain one."

 

CP articulated its position on LVVR in its submission to the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel, available at: http://www.cpr.ca/en...-submission.pdf.



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Posted 23 September 2016 - 05:38 PM

Investopedia, 9/22:

Canadian Pacific vs. Minister Of Transport (CP)

 

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) says it wants to prevent railway accidents, which can lead to fatalities, skyrocketing costs, and a tarnished brand, by putting technology to work—but it may cut into personal privacy along the way.

 

The recording technology the company would like to introduce in Canada could reduce the odds of an accident taking place, however naysayers argue it could turn Canadian Pacific into an all-seeing Big Brother.

 

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Posted 06 November 2016 - 02:46 PM

Reuters, 11/3:
 

Canada says to oblige railways to install recorders in cabs

 

Nov 3 Canada intends to oblige railways to install video and audio recorders in the cabs of locomotives in an effort to boost safety, the country's transport minister said on Thursday.

 

The move comes in the wake of an oil tanker car disaster that killed 47 people in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic in 2013, Transport Minister Marc Garneau told an audience of business executives in Montreal.

 

"This critical information can be used during accident investigations of the future, while protecting the privacy of employees," he said.

 

Canadian National Railway Co, Canada's largest railroad, welcomed the plan for the cameras.

 

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