Canadian Pacific’s president Keith Creel has called on the country’s transport minister to implement locomotive voice and video recorders (LVVRs) as soon as possible, citing the value of the devices as a way to improve safety and prevent accidents.
Canadian Pacific’s president Keith Creel has called on the country’s transport minister to implement locomotive voice and video recorders (LVVRs) as soon as possible, citing the value of the devices as a way to improve safety and prevent accidents.
However, Kathy Fox, Transportation Safety Board chairman, has stated that the recording devices should be “used in the context of a pro-active, non-punitive safety management system” as that would help “railways identify and mitigate risks before accidents occur.”
Creel disagrees, stating that the recorders should be used “as a preventative, proactive, behavior-changing tool” and that “safety of our communities trumps personal privacy, plain and simple.”
He added, “Not allowing LVVR to be used proactively is like giving highway police officers radar guns but not permitting them to hand out speeding tickets… Without consequences, unsafe behaviors would simply continue.”
CP already uses LVVR technology in 15 of its locomotives in the United States.
CP president wants Canadian locomotive recorder rule implemented
