Recent railway accidents have highlighted the vulnerability of a transport system that public opinion deems unbearable for a 21st century society. It is questioned whether events like an opposing train passing simultaneously, or a retaining wall landslide caused by heavy rain or a DANA, should be dismissed as mere "bad luck" or "misfortune."
This perception of negligence extends to other key sectors. The author gathers the sentiment of farmers, fishermen, doctors, teachers, and train drivers, who state they are at their limit. Reference is made to three mandatory declaration and slaughter diseases that have severely affected the primary sector in recent weeks.
It is chilling to confirm that this is the incompetence, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, bureaucracy... of a system that uses stratospheric amounts of money and resources that are lost through the sieve of corruption.
As a historical example of prolonged negligence, the terrifying accidents that occurred at the Balaguer crossing known as "l'Empalme" are recalled. The cause was always the same: someone failed to respect the stop sign. Years passed before authorities made the necessary investment to prevent it, replacing the previous solution of posting signs announcing the number of fatalities.
In Catalonia, the railway chaos has been dragging on for years, first affecting Renfe, then adding Adif, and now, with a transfer perceived as incomplete, the Generalitat. The opinion concludes that the cause of the major misfortune is incompetence and inefficiency in forecasting and action, not simple chance.
