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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Hummm. I don’t remember arguing for louder horns...trust me, what you hear at the grade crossings is not all the sound the horns can produce. If the engineer really laid it on, he could actually damage your hearing, the horns are that loud. As for better grade crossing protection, most of us already know it matters not one whit what you install, there will always be the one or two folks who try to defeat it and get wiped out. [/quote] I know Ed, But you have to admit that over time, reading this board, the "loud horns = safety, and more is always better" as well as the "All grade crossing accidents are either the fault of the people who get hit, or the fault of the taxpayers who are too cheap to fund total seperation" mindset gets so repetitive that it almost sounds like a closed loop. The underlying theme that I believe to be noteworthy, is if all such collisions are beyond the control of the engineer (and that is ALWAYS the flavor here, I have yet to see anyone argue here that a grade crossing accident should have been avoided by a more reactive engineer) THEN IT SEEMS IMPRACTICAL tp argue that a live engineer in the cab is a safety "sacred cow" that we dare not do away with. These guys think it is the end of the world to think one man crews are coming, just wait, I'll bet no man crews are not that much further down the road.
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