Gary Peters: “I helped push for positive train control technology that is…”

“But autonomous vehicles are only one piece of the technological puzzle. When I first came to the Senate, I helped push for positive train control technology that is now deployed across the rail system to prevent collisions and high-speed train derailments. Last Congress, after the East Palestine derailment, we saw firsthand the importance of wayside detection technology. And this committee authored the Railway Safety act in response on our roadways.” (01:07–01:19)

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