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[quote user="RRKen"] <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> Bucyrus:</div> <div></div> I expect litigation in this double crash, and I expect the car reflectors to play a large role in the trials.  Maybe the plaintiffs’ lawyers will bring in the FRA and the fire chief to tell the jury that trains are hard for drivers to see at night, and the railroad industry knows this to be a fact.  And yet they did not do enough to prevent crashes.     <div style="clear:both;"></div>   </blockquote> And I can provide you with a video tape showing that with the light from a Luxor LED 3 watt flashlight, the reflective tape on the sides of the cars as shown, project very  bright from 200 feet away.   In a rural setting, they will reflect light from standard headlights over 750 feet away, and are more visable than street markings.   From all angles, and on all types of cars.   <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] I am not disputing the effect of the reflectors, but I might not have made that clear.  My point is that the fire chief indicated that the cars were hard to see and that is why the drivers hit them.  And the FRA says that freight cars are hard to see at night, and that is why reflectors are needed.  Plaintiff's lawyers might cite these authority figures to bolster their case that the drivers hit the cars because the cars were hard to see, and therefore it was the fault of the railroad.  If the reflectors themselves enter into the case, it might be to establish that black tank cars are so hard to see at night that even reflectors were not enough to make them visible to drivers.
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