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[quote user="tree68"] I'd be interested in hearing how the 2% that did manage to disregard the four-quadrant-with-median-barrier set up did so.  I'd opine that they are at the core of the problem. <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] Yes, the 2% figure definitely represents the unsolved portion of the problem.  To me, it represents the portion of the problem that remains an obstacle to the “perfect” solution.  However, it may be confusing as to exactly how to interpret the statistic.  One might interpret it to mean that, out of every 100 drivers approaching the activated crossing prior to the arrival of the train, two of those drivers will not comply with the law.  <o:p></o:p> However, in reading it carefully, I conclude that the baseline for the statistic is a crossing (Sugar Creek Road) with conventional gates and flashers where the gates can be circumvented.  So, say that crossing has two drivers out of 100 who go around the lowered gates.  Then when you add fully blocking gates, the number of violators is reduced by 98%.  So that would mean that the number of violators would be only 4/100ths of one violator.  So the 2% figure is 2% of what was already vastly improved because the statistic is based on adding the insurmountable gates to a crossing that already had conventional lights and gates.   <o:p></o:p> So the statistics represent a protection enhancement to a hazard that is already substantially protected.  And just the added enhancement alone made a 98% improvement.
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