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BNSF to pay $4M in Anoka MN crash judgment
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=georgia,palatino size=3>The point about drivers being required to yield at un-activated, signalized crossings raises an interesting point about this Anoka case.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can BNSF be held responsible for the failure of the signals and gates if the law requires a driver to yield and look to make sure a signaled and gated crossing is safe to cross even if the gates and signals are not activated?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If the driver gets killed because he broke the law, would he not be at fault? </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>The driver did break the law by failing to yield.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is no question about that.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN> </P>
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