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<p>[quote user="tree68"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">Well it does indeed mention when you should begin your preparations.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span>The response where a driver <span style="text-decoration: underline;">recognizes a crossing is ahead</span> is the definition of the approach zone.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span>The zones are specific ranges with a beginning and an end.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span>Therefore, since the driver response is defined by the approach zone, it begins with the approach zone.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span>That is only logical.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span>And there is nothing that states a requirement to recognize that a crossing is ahead, prior to reaching the approach zone.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#003300;">You just contradicted yourself.  </span></span></div> </div> </blockquote> </p> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#003300;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#003300;">By your underlined statement, if a driver recognizes that there is a crossing ahead, a mile away, he has entered the approach zone.  </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;">[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"> </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;">When I say that the response where a driver recognizes the crossing ahead defines the approach zone, all I mean is that the two are equivalent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Perhaps I should have said that the approach zone defines the place where a driver is supposed to recognize the crossing ahead, which is what the link says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The point I was making is that the response is entirely contained within that zone. </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: 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;">But the zone itself is not floating, as you have interpreted me to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Its beginning is fixed at the RXR sign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>And if the zone begins at that fixed point, then the driver’s responsibility to recognize the crossing begins there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It makes no difference if a driver is able to recognize the crossing or the RXR sign earlier. </span></span></span></p>
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