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[quote user="locoi1sa"]    WOW.  There is a whole lot of speculation and various degrees of negativity on the driver and trucking industry. I have not seen any posts on how far down the track the signal system activates. The speed of the train and a fixed distance to grade flasher activation. Could it be possible that the fast pace of the train coinciding with the fixed distance the grade signals start had limited the stopping distance for the truck also going at a considerable speed to give both driver and train time to avoid the collision? I have been at grade crossings when a slower freight train activates the gates and considerable time elapses before the locomotives are into the crossing. I have also seen some Amtrak trains blast through before the gates reach the bottom and bounce around before going back up.    This timing and distance covered by the train should be taken into effect before judgment is rendered.           Pete <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] Pete, Take a look at this thread.  I have posed questions and looked for answers to all of the points you mention, plus some others that are related.    <a href="/TRCCS/forums/t/193774.aspx">http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/193774.aspx</a> The premise of that thread is not to take the entire blame off of the driver and put it on Nevada, but the crash site crossing is on a very high-speed highway, and that does raise issues about the warning interval.   We do know that the warning interval for the Amtrak train was 25 seconds.  We also know that the truck driver lost 18 of those seconds for some reason.  The missing 18 seconds is all it took to make the difference between a routine crossing yield and a catastrophe.
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