How concerned are you about the risk from rail shipments of volatile crude oil and other hazardous materials increasingly passing through local communities? (poll 8252538)

How concerned are you about the risk from rail shipments of volatile crude oil and other hazardous materials increasingly passing through local communities?

I'm not concerned at all. The risk of derailment has been shown to be minimal, and responders are trained to deal with such incidents.

Very concerned. The cars aren't equipped for what they're shipping, and it's only a matter of time until the next derailment.

I'm not sure. It scares me to think about it, but I assume the railroads and emergency officials know what they're doing.

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David Keeney - 10 years ago

You are 100 times more likely to be killed on the home from work, school, etc by the person texting and driving next to you in traffic going 70 MPH than to killed by either a tanker train or the EBOLA virus.
lois baruch - 10 years ago

I have observed these tankers less than 1/4 mile from my home and the trains are traveling much faster than the allowable speed limit. Who is monitoring them? No one is in charge and this is a tragedy waiting to happen.
Richard DiMarzo - 10 years ago

Why does crude oil from North Dakota travel 1500 miles east to go south to refineries? Isn't there a pipeline, oh wait, it the construction of the Keystone pipeline is being blocked by the Obama administration...