PT&C News

NTSB Highlights Transportation Safety Wish List

Federal safety officials say they want a crackdown on impaired and distracted drivers, wider use of collision-avoidance technology in cars, and tougher regulations for operators of air tours and medical flights. The National Transportation Safety Board laid out a wish …

Amtrak Didn’t Heed Work-Zone Speed Advice Before Fatal Crash

Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which two track workers were killed, U.S. safety investigators urged Amtrak to slow its trains when they pass work crews. The nation’s passenger rail service didn’t follow the …

New York City Train Derailment Airs Queries About Technology

The revelation that a New York City commuter train derailed while barreling into a sharp curve at nearly three times the speed limit is fueling questions about whether automated crash-avoidance technology could have prevented the carnage. Safety officials for decades …

Engle Martin Acquires PT&C Forensic Consulting Services

Engle Martin & Associates Inc., a national independent loss adjusting and claims management provider, has acquired PT&C Forensic Consulting Services, a forensic engineering, fire and explosion origin and cause, subrogation, special investigation and building consulting firm. Details were not released. …