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DAVIS trucking looses evidence dispute to AMTRAK & UP
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></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;">Yes that is the one reason they would give, and it has validity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But withholding stop signs or lowered speed limit is normally applied when there is another reasonable, alternative option.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some say that trail crossings should be treated like crosswalks, so drivers have to yield to pedestrians and bicyclists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Highway experts believe that would pose a risk of rear end collisions because many trail crossings are on fairly fast roads, and so they have decided that the more reasonable approach would be to have trail users stop and yield.<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-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Besides, there are plenty of places where traffic is made to slow down from say 55 mph to 30 mph for going through towns, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slowing traffic at that Nevada crossing from 70 mph down to say 45 or 55 would not be a big risk for rear end collisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the most obvious solution to the Nevada crossing is Advance Distance Warning system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an off-the-shelf item in the traffic control device inventory. </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 to the point that the driver should compensate for the truck’s extra stopping distance:<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;">When traffic engineers approve an extra large truck, it is up to them to make sure the roads are engineered to accommodate it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is why they often restrict such special trucks to certain highways and roads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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