Does anybody here see a pattern? Is there a bigger picture here?...

Does anybody here see a pattern?
Is there a bigger picture here?


https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...ns-sidelined-under-president-trump/372336002/


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Transport safety rules for trucks and trains have been sidelined under President Trump
Joan Lowy and Tom Krishner, The Associated Press Published 9:16 a.m. ET Feb. 26, 2018 | Updated 9:40 a.m. ET Feb. 26, 2018
The driver of an 18-wheeler truck escaped unharmed after an accident left his truck dangling over a Houston, Texas highway Tuesday. (Aug, 20) AP

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is putting the brakes on attempts to address dangerous safety problems from speeding tractor-trailers to sleepy railroad engineers as part of his quest to roll back regulations across the government, according to a review by The Associated Press of Transportation Department rule-making activities.
A dozen transportation safety rules under development or already adopted have been repealed, withdrawn, delayed, or put on the back burner since Trump took office last year. There have been no significant new safety rules approved during that time.
The sidelined rules would have, among other things, required states to conduct annual inspections of commercial bus operators, railroads to operate trains with at least two crew members and automakers to equip future cars and light trucks with vehicle-to-vehicle communications to prevent collisions.
In most cases, the rules are opposed by powerful industries. The political appointees running the agencies that write the rules often come from the industries they regulate.
Many of the rules were prompted by tragic events.