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Köln - Köln ist seit Jahren Vorreiter, nun werden die Unfallexperten im ganzen Land eingesetzt: Bei schweren Verkehrsunfällen oder auch illegalen Autorennen mit Verletzen oder Todesopfern setzt NRW künftig landesweit auf spezielle Teams zur Spurensicherung. Dabei sollten Polizei-Experten mit besonderer Technik zum Einsatz kommen, kündigte Innenminister Herbert Reul am Montag in Köln an. Innerhalb von drei Jahren sollen alle 17 Kreispolizeibehörden entsprechend ausgestattet werden. Als erste gehen Anfang September Bielefeld, Dortmund und Münster an den Start. „Was ...

And then there was one small final error, and there was no margin left and the ship went on to the rocks. it was an ecological disaster and the largest insurance claim in history up to that point. >> and the lesson you draw is interesting. once you set a course, often what people do is little bits of information that disk and firm your initial strategy plan never derail it. you don't let it get into your head that way. >> yes. accident experts call this plan continuation bias. you see it with airline pilots and in the operating theater. you see it -- i see it in my own life. i'm trying to make...

The ship went onto the rocks and it was an ecological disaster and also the largest insurance claim in history up to that point. >> and the lesson is very interesting, that once you set a course, often what people do is little bits of information that disconfirm your initial strategy, plan, never derail it. you just don't let it get into your head that way. >> accident experts call this plan continuation bias and you see it with airline pilots and in the operating theatre. i see it in my own life. i'm trying to make some complicated set of pickups, the children from their different clubs, and ...

Never seen it before or have never seen it since. >> the cap was marked with a "v." it was the top to the valvoline motor oil bottle in the trunk. >> the bottle cap was a big indicator right off the bat. the car had been rigged. something wasn't right. >> the bottle cap would be put in there in lieu of a person to hold the gas pedal in position so the vehicle could be operated without a driver. >> to see what effect the bottle cap would have on nick's car, investigators put an identical cap in the carburetor of another car. for safety purposes, a test driver sat behind the wheel to stop the ca...

Never seen anything like this in my life. matthew wald joins us now and he is an accident expert. math yo matthew, you said this is one of amtrak's worst accidents? >> yes. the railroad has a pretty good safety record and the northeast corridor generally has a good safety worker. they have occasional accidents where a track worker is struck. these accidents are infrequent and there's a reason. they are pretty well engineered and pretty well maintained. something has gone wrong either with the train or the track or both. they are both amtrak's problem, both amtrak's issue. in the past they have...