
Brakeless: Deadly Speed at Rush Hour
Clip: Season 16 Episode 3 | 1m 13s
Brakeless premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 27, 2014.
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Brakeless, we see the extensive and incredibly busy Japanese commuter train system that goes to Osaka, including the train that fatefully crashed into an apartment complex, killing 107 people. What would make a train driver dangerously speed up, all to save 8 seconds?
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Brakeless: Deadly Speed at Rush Hour
Clip: Season 16 Episode 3 | 1m 13s
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Brakeless, we see the extensive and incredibly busy Japanese commuter train system that goes to Osaka, including the train that fatefully crashed into an apartment complex, killing 107 people. What would make a train driver dangerously speed up, all to save 8 seconds?
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Clip: S16 Ep3 | 1m | Brakeless premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 27, 2014. (1m)
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