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Train Hits Veterans Parade Trailer In Texas

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[quote user="zugmann"] That really doesn't help much. Can you explain it in the context of this Texas incident? Where is the proverbial "kicking" in this Texas case?  Yes it was a quiet zone.  But the engineer did sound his horn due to the emergency situation (since it was a quiet zone, one could argue it made the horn blasts  just that more noticeable).[/quote]  Well, in the Texas crash, the "kicking" did not happen. What might have constituted the "kicking" would have been a full length horn signal beginning earlier, at the twenty-second signal activation point. Then the truck driver would have been subjected to the horn signal seven seconds before even entering the crossing. As it was, the truck driver was already past the gate and crossing the track by the time the horn blew. Had the driver not been blocked by the truck ahead, he probably could have gotten clear in time. It appears that the train just caught the very end of the trailer, so the driver was a lot closer to clearing by moving forward than he was if he were to try to back up to clear. It is reported that the driver was blowing the truck horn trying to get the truck ahead to move forward. If so, it seems obvious that the driver realized the train was approaching. So the engineer blowing the horn in emergency circumstances at that point would have been irrelevant because the driver was already aware of the problem.  And by that point, the driver was in a position where he or she was out of options. So the extra 10-15 seconds of horn signal could have prevented the crash; aside from the issue of the driving violation; assuming that the driver did not realize that the signals had activated, and did not hear the bells because the cops were sounding their sirens in celebration.
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