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[quote user="BaltACD"] <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> tree68:</div> <div></div> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> Bucyrus:</div> <div>But he is not required to acknowledge the crossing until he enters the warning zone at the RXR signs.</div> </blockquote> Interesting concept.  What you are saying, then, is that if a driver is approaching a crossing which is occupied by a train, said driver is under no obligation to take any action to avoid a collision until he/she passes the RXR sign... <div style="clear:both;"></div>   </blockquote> ***!  All these years I always thought when you saw the lights flashing on the crossing, even though you were a thousand feet or more from the first sign announcing the RR crossing you took actions based on the flashing crossing protection.  What have I been missing?  I guess the one thing I have been missing is running into a train in the crossing. <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] Tree, Yes, that is what I am saying. BaltACD, If you see the lights ahead of time, fine.  Take action.  But not everyone will see the lights at the same distance. So they establish a distance zone in which every qualified driver should be able to see the flashing lights.  They mark the beginning of that zone with an RXR sign.  And they make that zone long enough to react and stop.  The problem with the Nevada crossing in question is that the warning zone is barely long enough for the speed limit for the class of truck that was involved in the 6/24/11 crash.     <o:p></o:p> The NTSB is blowing smoke when they say the crossing was visible for a mile.  Maybe so if you are wearing microscopic glasses.  But the warning zone begins at about 900 feet from the crossing.
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