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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, I am quite pleasantly surprised to hear back from U.P. that they agreed with my point about that one sentence on their website conveying the wrong message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was this sentence at the end of the page entitled, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Rail Crossing Warning Systems</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="mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><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: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">“Signals, signs, lights and horns are important safety aids, but ultimately it is the motorist’s decision whether or not it is safe to cross the tracks.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;"><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="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;"><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;">I explained my concern to them, as I have here, about their statement conveying the message that the crossing signals and gates are merely advisory rather than regulatory; and suggested that they change the wording to this:</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="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><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="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">“Signals, signs, lights and horns are important safety aids that impose legal requirements on motorists, but they can do no good if motorists do not comply with those requirements.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><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="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><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="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think that is actually what they meant to say in the first place, and today I learned that they agree, as they have changed their site to say this:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><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="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></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; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">“Signals, signs, lights and horns are important safety aids, but they can do no good if motorists do not comply with the law.” </span></span></span></span></p>
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