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<p>[quote user="Convicted One"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span>However, that only leaves one solution to the problem, which amounts to changing driver behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span>And after failing to do that for the last 175 years, one might conclude that it can’t be done.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span>That leads to the general conclusion that grade crossing victims are intractably stupid, and the remedy will only come when all of them get killed off.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p> </p> <p>No I think you are wrong. It appears that it is the peanut galley that insists upon branding anyone who reacts in a way different from how they themselves (after the benefit of monday morning quarterbacking) would have done it,... to be "stupid" "moronic" and any other number of expletives designed more to make the spouter feel better about themselves, than to contribute anything constructive.</p> <p>Most intelligent people realize that accidents happen, ... </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Convicted One,</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-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just to clarify something:</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><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;">When you begin by saying that you think I am wrong, I assume that you are referring to the position I outlined in the part you quoted from me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that part you quoted is not my position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is only my characterization of the industry position, as it exists generally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not agree with that position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that would be clear if you consider the whole context of that paragraph from which you quoted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In reading the rest of your comment, I believe my views on this issue of causes and blame are actually about the same as yours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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