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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by futuremodal</i> <br /><br />The Texas statute makes reference to a train actually blocking a crossing for more than ten minutes, but it does not address the issue of driver visibility when a stopped train blocks the drivers views of multiple tracks. Technically, drivers are supposed to wait until the signals stop blinking, but as most of us know it is common practice for drivers to proceed once a train has cleared the street even if the signals are still blinking. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Not so. See 545.251(a)(1), 545.251(a)(5)(C), and 545.251(b). It may be common practice to ignore the signal and some drivers may claim to be "conditioned" to such an unsafe practice, but it's not legal in Texas, and any prosecutor or TX DPS trooper (highway patrol) will likely tell you that's an easy conviction. <br /> <br />How does the driver running the signal know whether or not that stopped train might back up? <br />
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