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Zone that was only 50 miles an hour. >> what is the margin on a train and rails? is there any way to say there is always going to be a give like a race car driver know there's is a certain margin of danger that he is willing to accept. is there a certain margin you can go over the speed limit. say it's supposed to be 50, the you had been going 70. but he went 106. it seems like that would be well beyond any kind of margin. >> yeah, train engineers are tested periodically and randomly. they don't even know they're being tested. sometimes their there are speed guns, like highway patrol officers....

Examiner and wonders about this slippery slope. >> we'll look at pilots. what about bus drivers, train engineers? where does one end, you know, in doing all of this evaluation? >> reporter: globally mental health screenings for pilots seem rare. in the u.s., the faa requires that commercial pilots get an annual or semi annual physical. but they're not required to go through regular psychological check unless an faa examiner thinks there's reason to be alarmed. if you look at the hard data, it may be hard to find fault in the system. between 2003 and 2012, the ntsb identified eight cases domest...

Welcome back everyone. i'm john berman in new york. the railroad line involving the deadly train derailment is announcing new safety upgrades. signals will alert train engineers to reduce speed when approaching the curve where the train derailed. that train jumped the tracked while heading into a curve at 82 miles per hour. that is nearly three times the posted speed limit. former sbag mayor bob filner in court today to face sentencing for kissing and grabbing. he resigned from office. he is not expected to go to jail, but he will be on probation for three years. concern over the spread ...

Engineer in the metro north train crash was sleepy. >> what he will tell everybody today is that he basically nodded -- you nod out and you catch yourself. i think we've all done that. >> reporter: william rockefeller was only a few hours into his shift when the train crashed. rockefeller has ten years experience and told investigators he was in a daze, a feeling described by other experienced train engineers. >> we just kind of zone out. >> reporter: david wrangle runs the nation's premiere railroad training school. where potential engineers get six months of classroom and hands-on experience...