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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by davekelly Ken, I don't think anyone is blaming the railroad. There was an accident caused by this guy and deaths occurred. The question is, what can the railroad do differently if possible to prevent a similar occurrence. Again, no one here, I think, is blaming the railroad. If you heard about a person that had their house broken into and stuff stolen because he didn't lock his door, wouldn't you suggest that he do so in the future? That isn't blaming him for the criminal conduct of the thief is it? Of course not, its just some ideas on how to prevent being the victim of future criminals. [/quote] Dave: If you think that the railroad isn't going to get sued you are niave (SP). From the description of this guy do you really think that their was insurance on the SUV? If their was, how far will $20,000.00 go? I'll bet that many of the vultures (lawyers) are already visiting the injured and relatives of the dead so they can sign 'em up, maybe for a class action suit as that will be more money in the lawyers pockets. If this idea offends you then talk to lawyers and you'll find out that this is the real world. When their was a motorcoach accident in New Orleans a couple of years ago the cops had to get the lawyers out of the way at the crash scene. They were doing their own investagation and talking to victims. All this, so they could sue the bus company up to the five million dollars insurance that they carried. It irratates me very much when their is a large settlement for a train/car accident as it wasn't the trains fault. It's not like the loco can run down the street to hit the car. I remember one accident where the drunk was racing the train on a parallel road and hit the first car behind the loco at the crossing. The railroad was at fault because, get ready, it wasn't a ninety degree crossing so the driver had trouble seeing the train. The engineer had been blowing the horn at the guy while they were running together down the road. It's a sad state of affairs but that's the way it is. Bob
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