Blog Heap o'Transport Links 4 June 2011
Blog-Heap links regarding transportation and related infrastructure,
also energy, because it takes energy to transport,
and virtuality, because telepresence saves on transpresence.
Transport Tragedy
nbcphiladelphia.com Sat 2011 Jun 4, 3:25pm
An 11-year-old girl died after falling from the Ferris Wheel at Morey's Mariner's Landing Pier on Friday. She was on a field trip with her school.... about half-way up.... about as high as a five-story building....
Transport Trouble
wtsp.com Sat 2011 Jun 4, 3:25pm
Ruskin, Florida -- Two people have been arrested for trying to steal parts of a Ruskin railroad track.
tauntongazette.com Sat 2011 Jun 4, 3:24pm
Taunton — A CSX railroad engine en route to a delivery in Taunton's Myles Standish Industrial Park derailed Wednesday afternoon after thieves cut away two 8-foot sections of solid steel track... No one was injured....
Transport Law
statesman.com Sat 2011 Jun 4, 3:15pm
On his way home Tuesday from Jim Plain Elementary School in Leander, fourth-grader Marshall May, sitting in the passenger seat of the family minivan, was ticketed for not wearing his seat belt properly. Problem is, Texas law says a person must be at least 15 years old to commit such an offense. ... "He made me sign my signature, but I don't have a signature because I'm 10 years old." ... Marshall was in the passenger seat when he decided to stick his head out the window for some air, he said. As he stretched, the seat belt slipped up toward his neck and shoulder area, he said. That's when the police officer pulled over the minivan....
Just random links galore, along with snarky comments 
probably to be regretted later.
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