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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Schlimm, </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </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;">Yes I realize that the signals are not advisory and are regulatory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My point is that the U.P. statement makes it <span style="text-decoration: underline;">sound</span> as though the signals are advisory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The director of Operation Lifesaver thought so too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So does the second U.P. contact I spoke to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">    </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </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;">I understand your point that ultimately every law, rule, command, edict or regulation is subject to the will of a person to obey it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>That was the interpretation by the first U.P. contact I spoke to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>However, the sentence does not say that there is a law or rule of any kind regarding grade crossings that an individual has the choice to obey or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It does not mention any duty whatsoever regarding the signals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It calls them safety aides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It says that <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">ultimately it is the motorist’s decision whether or not it is safe to cross the tracks.  </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I don't believe that an uninformed driver hearing that would conclude that it means that running the red flashing lights is illegal, but they can break the law if they want to.  Who ever tells people that?</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-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">If, in fact that sentence were actually describing a different scenario in which the signals were actually advisory, the sentence could not be worded any better than it is.</span></span></span></p>
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