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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I need to clarify that my belief that these two crashes were 100% the fault of the drivers is based on my knowledge of Illinois law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It requires drivers to yield to trains under all possible conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These conditions include the following:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 42.75pt; text-indent: -24.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.75pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">1) A crossing marked only by a crossbuck with no flashing lights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 42.75pt; text-indent: -24.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.75pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">2) A crossing marked by automatic flashing warning lights that are activated.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 42.75pt; text-indent: -24.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.75pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">3) A crossing marked by automatic flashing warning lights that are inactivated either by failure to activate or by the lack of any train present. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">To <span style="text-decoration: underline;">yield</span>, a driver must slow down to the point of being able to stop short of a train that might happen to appear and move toward occupying a grade crossing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To yield, a driver must look for trains by turning his or her head in each direction before reaching the crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A driver cannot possibly be said to have yielded if that driver gets hit by a train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you get hit, you did not yield.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, if that is the proper interpretation of Illinois law, then I must also conclude that Katie Lunn was at fault for driving into the path of that Amtrak train in Chicago last April.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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