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Why not traffic lights and crossing lights?
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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="zugmann"] <P>[quote user="Bucyrus"]</P><BR><FONT face=verdana,geneva> </FONT> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><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> </SPAN>It would improve compliance with the grade crossing signals.</FONT><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P>[/quote] </P> <P mce_keep="true">Too bad we live in the real world. I wish every new development or strip mall didn't get their very own traffic light, either. I also wish more traffic lights would shift to blink mode at 0 dark 30 when they are not needed, but I'm still going to follow the law. Why we blame the railroads for the jackasses breaking the law is beyond me. </P> <P mce_keep="true">Oh yeah, we are the nation of personal irresponsibility. Silly me. I forgot. Now who should I blame...[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I don’t know who you think is blaming the railroads.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am only pointing out the obvious connection between crossing delays and drivers being motivated to beat the train.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have tried to explain this to you before, but you seem to think that I am saying that drivers have a right to take the risk or are not breaking the law by doing so. </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=verdana,geneva size=2></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=verdana,geneva size=2>Bank robbers rob banks because banks are full of money.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That does not mean that robbing banks is okay.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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