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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">tdmidget,</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;">Society has an objective to prevent death and injury that is above and beyond the matter of negligence or blame of the victims in deadly mishaps, and society has assigned responsibilities to meet that objective.<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-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nobody here is contending that the driver was not at fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My overall point in this thread is that there are safety system deficiencies with the Nevada crossing, and that society’s assumed and assigned responsibilities to protect that crossing have not been met.<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-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">That point that I am making is actually not dependent on the facts of the 6/24/11 crossing crash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I would make the same point even if the 6/24 crash had never occurred.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My point is about the crossing setup and the highway speed limit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I am not trying to vindicate the truck driver in the 6/24 crash and place his blame on something or somebody else, as you are assuming.<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><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;">I agree that the posted speed limit is the maximum and some conditions require a driver to drive slower than the maximum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>However, none of those conditions exist at that Nevada crossing in dry weather with good visibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>There is nothing in the law that requires any driver to slow down solely because of the existence of that crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span></span></span></span></p>
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