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[quote user="Mr_Ash"] Okay so simple solution to this "problem" (quotes are because only a certen group of people consider it a problem because they arnt smart enough not to be effected) is install a pole with a light on it at every single crossing that will light up the crossing from above at all times day or night,...[/quote]I would say that adding roadside lighting to all un-illuminated, un-signalized grade crossings would help a lot to reduce run-into-train crashes.  Making every crossing signalized with flashing red lights and gates would be the best solution, but the cost is an obstacle.  Certainly signals decrease the likelihood of all types of car/train crashes, but roadside illumination alone would significantly reduce the likelihood of run-into-train crashes, yet the cost would be far less than adding signals and gates to crossings.  Only the completely un-illuminated passive crossings would need this added roadside lighting.  This would solve the problem only where it exists, unlike universal reflectors, which apply their effects to all grade crossings, most of which are not unduly risky.Adding stop signs to grade crossings would also help reduce the probability of run-into-train crashes, but highway engineers are sometimes reluctant to force a stop if it is not absolutely necessary because they worry about the likelihood of rear end crashes between vehicles that can occur if a vehicle stops.People run into trains for different reasons, and with some of those reasons, roadside lighting would not help.  And with some of those reasons, reflectors would not help.  Considering what probably occurred with the Friendship, WI crash, I believe that either roadside lighting or reflectors may have prevented it, whereas the stop sign did not.  In fact, I would say that roadside lighting would have contributed far more crash prevention than the stop sign.
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