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Even improvements wouldn t protect them going 60, 70, 80. you just can t physically build a tank that can withstand that kind of impact speed. reporter: gary wolfe says trains are far safer than trucks. right now, the only alternative to shipping crude oil across the country. i don t think the average person wants to be driving next to a 75 mile an hour rig carrying crude oil down the highway 12 feet away from your automobile. reporter: some oil companies are using new technology like taking a laser snapshot of each wheel as it goes over each section of the track. they then compare that shape to federal standards to make sure it doesn t have too much wear and tear. that has contributed to about a 50% drop in accidents since say 2005-2006, and the interesting thing is, six, seven years ago, there were about 50,000 oil shipments a year. that number is now up to over 400,000 so the number of shipments going up, accidents actually going down. very interesting. ....