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[quote user="youngengineer"] <p>maybe if people slowed down just a little in their daily lives they wouldn't have to worry about the train blocking the crossing. Most rail events at crossings are no longer than one would set at a red light yet for those few times they are people get mad. Yes even a 7000' train will pass a crossing in less than 2 minutes at 40-50 mph. I for one learn fairly quickly which crossings have the longest delays and try to avoid them.</p><p>This is once again nothing more than everyone being more worried about themselves, if we just slowed down a little maybe the tension between the public and the railroad would be less. </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>I agree that most crossing events are only a couple minutes, and impatience would be completely unreasonable in such cases. But I was referring to blockages that last 10-30 minutes or more. I don't think we would have the term, <em>crossing delay</em> if it were not for these kinds of events. Almost every driver is eventually treated to one of these, and some may associate this potential inconvenience with every grade crossing event they encounter thereafter. Even if the train appears to moving fast enough to not cause a significant delay, they know that it could just as well come to a stop after blocking the crossing, and remain there for no understandable reason, for an indefinite period of time. They also know that if the blockage continues, and traffic backs up behind them, it becomes harder to turn around and look for another route. Surely this is a significant motive for the unreasonable risk taking that is unique to grade crossings.</p>
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