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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by gacuster Flashing lights and gates make crossings safer but of course are expensive. Twenty years ago I was on the local PD and ticketed several drivers for "slaloming" around crossing gates on a busy street. The fine then was $180 and 6 points off your license (out of 12) which was pretty steep. But as others have noted, the police have many, many other responsibilities and the only reason I caught those drivers was just happening to be there when the violation occurred. The plain fact is alot of drivers are just too careless, stupid, old, inexperienced or all of the above, and shouldn't even be allowed to drive, but until they do something really dumb they keep on blundering around. Maybe showing a graphic film of the aftermath of a grade crossing accident in driver's ed classes would make people think a little bit. [/quote] Perhaps more cooperation between the RR Police and City/County/State Police would help. Something more has to be done. The public has taken the Vanderbuilt idea of "The public be dammed" and turned the tables making it, "The railroads be dammed." More tickets and points off a license might be a very good start. About twice a week I get caught by a train and have to wait, and it is going yard speed. If I can wait for a long freight to pass doing yard speed I don't see why the public can't wait for a freight doing 30 mph.
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