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Too many idiots getting killed by trains

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<p>[quote user="zugmann"]</p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>zugmann:</strong></div> <div></div> <p> </p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <b>Bucyrus:</b></div> <div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">I am referring to any trains, and even those moving 60 mph.  Drivers don't know or care how fast the train is going.  All they know is the flashers mean go for it while you have a chance or, risk an insufferable delay.  It is ingrained in society.  </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">Everybody who has been driving for a little while knows that trains can block crossings with impunity.  They don't always do that.  But they do it enough to plant the idea in the mind of every driver.  And drivers have no way of knowing that a train is not going to stop. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">People say drivers should be able to wait 1-2 minutes for a train to pass.  Sure they should, but they don't know whether it will be 1-2 minutes or 15 minutes.  So they take a chance zipping across ahead of the train rather than taking a chance getting delayed by it.  To most drivers, the flashers mean:   <b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:medium;">DELAY</span></span></span></b> </span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote>   <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Which is still the fault of the driver.   <div style="clear:both;">[/quote]</div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </p> <div style="clear:both;"><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;">Oh absolutely yes it is still the driver’s fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My point is only to explain with grade crossings attract crashes like a magnet attracts steel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>And I don’t have the statistics for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I doubt they have been established.</span></span></span></div> </blockquote>
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