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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Interestingly, I could not get a clear reading from the Minnesota Highway Patrol about how this yield requirement applies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took the question up the ladder, and I concluded that it was something that they had never thought about, and did not have an answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p 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 class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first officer I asked did not believe that drivers were required to yield at signalized crossings when the signals were inactive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, it does seem counterintuitive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you drive across a drawbridge, you don’t worry about whether the bridge is locked in and ready for traffic if all the lights say it is clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You believe in the lights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that is what drivers do at signalized grade crossings. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">At grade crossings; if the lights are out, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">it means go</span>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p 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 class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">My basic inquiry to the MHP was this:</span></span></p> <p 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 class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are grade crossings with signals that are on fast highways and offer little visibility for drivers to see approaching trains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order for a driver to yield to these crossings might require a driver to nearly stop before proceeding across the crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p 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 class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Therefore, is there any concern about the potential for rear end crashes resulting from drivers slowing or stopping to make sure a signalized crossing is clear; and being rear-ended by drivers who believe that if the signals are clear, it is okay to keep going?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p 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>
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