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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by 440cuin All USA should be a quite zone. Contrary to popular beleife Europe has unprotected grade cossings, and they don't blow. Does all that horn blowing realy help? [/quote]First of all why change something that has worked for many years. Those people that moved near the railroad tracks knew full well that the railroad tracks were there. So then they get annoyed by a train and call there local government, that decides that we need a quite zone. I saw a picture in an old trains magazine of a crossing that is a quite zone that doesn't have any fancy barriers just the regular arms and lights. Somebody is bound to run through there perhaps not looking at the crossing and not hear anything until it is too late. Of course this would be the drivers fault, but a horn can and does help with safety. Making the whole US a quite zone is ridiculous, there are too many unprotected rural crossings, the train’s horn is the warning in most cases. In Europe, the place we seem to think is so great we need to imitate. A much smaller number of people drive cars. The road system isn't as good. And the trains are fewer. Less crossing and less people mean fewer accidents. James[C):-)]
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