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Actually, I am not really sure what this thread is about.  Since there is a call for a new law that permits pedestrians to pass activated warning signals, I assume that this permission would be granted when the signals are activated when there is no train danger present.  However, I do not know if this happens, and if it does happen, I do not know how often it happens, or under what circumstances it happens.  <o:p></o:p> A standing train activating the warning system would be producing a false alarm if no other train danger existed.  But in another circumstance, a standing train could be producing a false alarm for itself, but it might be that the same alarm is jointly being produced by a second train that does represent a train danger.    <o:p></o:p> So, a standing train might obscure an approaching train by either visually masking it, or by offering an apparent explanation for the activated warning system.  In either or both cases, the approaching train would represent a train danger, so the law would not permit pedestrians to pass activated warning signals and pass in front of a standing train because they may not see a second train approaching on the next track.  <o:p></o:p> However, if a pedestrian were to check the track beyond the standing train, he or she could easily determine whether or not a second train was approaching.   <o:p></o:p> Likewise, if a pedestrian were granted permission to pass an activating warning signal where no standing train is present, and when no other train danger exists, that pedestrian would have to be capable of checking the tracks for train danger, which would be indicated by the activated warning.  If a pedestrian is capable of checking for train danger in that circumstance, he or she ought to be capable of checking for train danger on tracks next to a standing train.
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