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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most train/car crashes involve smaller vehicles that are either struck broadside by a train or run into the side of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In either case, the road vehicle loses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>However, there are large, heavy trucks that can tangle with a train, and the contest takes a toll on the train as well as the truck. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><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" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here for some reason, the truck driver approached the crossing without perceiving the train until it was entering the crossing slightly before the truck would have done so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Then the driver saw the train and slammed on the brakes, leaving skid marks, but failed to stop short of the train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Because the train arrived at the crossing first, it got a few cars past the crossing before the truck struck it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><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" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">In that scenario, if in fact the truck driver did not see the train until it was passing over the crossing, then one could draw a conclusion about the dynamics involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Those dynamics would say that the most likely location for a passenger to be affected by a “run-into-train” crash is near the head end. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The longer the train runs over the crossing, the more likely it is to alert an approaching motorist.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><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" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">An R-I-T crash involving a heavy truck is something to think about while riding any passenger train.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><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;">So I would rather sleep near the back end, but I suspect that there is a strong counter argument in that there might be more slack back there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p>
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