Thank you for your editorial reminding Metrolink that a memorial to those who tragically died in the crash would be an empty gesture without making train travel safer.

I was injured in the crash, and afterwards attended two Metrolink Board meetings to ask board members to make their trains safer.

In 2002, two people were killed when they slammed into tables in the Placentia crash, and in 2005, the federal government determined that the work tables on the train pose a severe risk of injury in a collision.

People were terribly injured in the Chatsworth crash because they sat at tables, and I asked Metrolink to remove them.

I also asked the Metrolink board (to ask) passengers what we think should be done to make our trips safer. Metrolink did not respond.

I ride with a woman who, after she was injured in the crash, sent an e-mail to Metrolink also asking them to remove the tables, to cover the metal poles with a soft covering, as well as making other changes to enhance passenger safety.

Metrolink did not even acknowledge receiving her email.

My advice to passengers: Do not sit at tables, sit facing backwards so that you will be thrown against seat backs in a collision, and never sit in the first car, particularly when the engine is in rear.

Metrolink will not provide the information we need to make their trains safer, and so we must educate ourselves. Judith Reel Simi Valley