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<p>[quote user="edbenton"]</p> <p>...the Standard for an Emergancy Brake app under all Condtions is 720 Feet and if your Plated to weigh more than 120K lbs your Excempt from that...  and that was from 55 MPH.  </p> <p>...<span class="bc">so we are looking at a Bad Crossing Design any way you cut it there was NO WAY he could have stopped.  </span>[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Edbenton,</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="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, just to make sure I understand you:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Was the Davis truck plated for over 120,000 lbs.?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></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="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">And if it was plated for over 120,000 lbs., does that mean that the emergency stopping distance at 55 mph is 720 feet?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></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-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;">And if it was plated for over 120,000 lbs., does that mean that the emergency stopping distance at 70 mph is <span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">greater than 720 feet</span></strong></span>, but the actual distance is unspecified?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p>
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