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Did any trucker ever wonder what happens to a railroad underpass when his truck hits it! Unless it is very large, it will likely be dislodged, kinking the rails, then wham - along comes a train and it derails. If the line is signalled, some railroads have detectors to set the signals at stop if this happens. But what about dark territory? I just read a story about a trucker who hit an unsignalled bridge and just left the scene - the rest is now history, and so is the bridge! What about the tug pilot who hit a bridge in Louisiana and just left the scene - derailling Amtrak's Sunset Limited and killing 46 people. How about A PRISON SENTENCE for "negligent homicide" or for "wanton disregard of public safety" !? Actually, I wonder why anyone who could read would be a trucker anyway - what with the poverty wage and long days away from home. Of course that's prejudicial, but my brother-in-law is a trucker and he rarely acts as though he can read! His attitude stinks. Apparently, bad attitudes in truckers are common. maybe its the days and weeks away from the wife and kids. Or the crummy wages. On the other hand, how in the H--- do the Highway engineers get away with creating such hazards in the first place? Or creating more and more hazardous grade crossings? Go figure. Maybe its State Sovereignty or something. Maybe we shouldn't blame just truckers. Maybe we should write our representatives and demand that apparently iliterate highway designers be held to the same public satety standards as other professions. RmC
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