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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="aegrotatio"] <P> To clarify, I'm not talking about pre-empting traffic signals when a traffic signal has to work with a railroad crossing. I'm talking about using traffic signals in addition to crossing signals to protect railroad crossings.</P> <P>THanks for the comments.</P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I understand your point.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You are talking about either adding traffic signals to the flasher lights of a grade crossing, or perhaps substituting traffic signals for the flasher lights.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Either way, your reason is because compliance with traffic signals is better than compliance with grade crossing flashers.</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>You raise a logical question based on your observation of the difference in compliance between traffic signals and grade crossing flashers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But, as I mentioned above, if this were done, I would expect the following results:</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>1)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>Grade crossing compliance would not improve.</FONT></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>2)<FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>Traffic signal compliance would go down where they are protecting highway intersections.</FONT></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P><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=verdana,geneva size=2>What would help is a century of railroad operations that never blocked a grade crossing for more than a few minutes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It would improve compliance with the grade crossing signals.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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