QUOTE: Tell me ---your in a string of 50 moveing cars approaching a light on the opposite side of the tracks ---Where are you going to end up if car 17 say is caught by the light?
QUOTE: The crossing lights are supposed to be tied in with the traffic lights if you didn't know any better
QUOTE: . Also the crossing equipment is to be timed longer and anything over 45 seconds median barriers put in.
QUOTE: Can you tell me where the 200 sets of crossing lights went to when the trench project opened up out there?
QUOTE: Quaranteed they were stolen by the railroad and sold back to the state, sold out of country, or used for spare parts.
QUOTE: The equipment wasn't theirs to take. Tracks are abandoned and the RR goes in and takes the equipment-
QUOTE: The tax-payers paid for it at 5x its real value if the truth was known.
QUOTE: [i] The time sequence here ---At 27 seconds the car LEGALLY entered the crossing-At 26 seconds the first light blinked while the car was still Legally in the crossing area-at 24 seconds the gate started down at 22 seconds the car Legally passed the gate exiting the crossing.
QUOTE: Either that or it was staged which happens all the time also
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith ........ EVERY SINGLE TIME theres been an accident its been someone trying to beat the train or .......
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QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard QUOTE: Originally posted by missouri QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman Someone get a dunce cap for missouri. He didn't pay attention to the lesson last time in class. Class is over, detention is now in session. Detention is for insubordination: ignoring the traffic rules. The article you cited states in Paragraph 2: "Unfortunately, people die everyday after ignoring railroad warning lights and bells." Lets not forget people also ignoring: red traffic lights at intersections stop signs yield signs don't walk signs school zones cross walks highway construction zones speed limits or don't forget people driving: drunk on drugs smoking using a cell phone applying makeup which increases the danger even more. why should RR Xing get ALL the attention? why not other traffic violations, too?people are killed all the time ignoring ALL of the above. it's just as dangerous and deadly as ignoring a red flashing RR Xing light, crossbucks, or the presence of rails themselves. you must stop at EVERY RR Xing EVERYtime, not just when a train is coming. look both ways, roll down your windows, then proceed when safety. bus drivers don't have a problem with this, why do you? I guess you never took driver's ed. Actually I used to fix drivers ed simulators. What I want to do is get a drivers education teacher to show me how to get across blind crossing. Just think if they taught their students to dial 911 and report blind crossings. What part of Look, Listen and Live did you find so hard to learn? I guess that was the same class that taught you to think before you speak? Asleep in both classes, or just asleep at the wheel?
QUOTE: Originally posted by missouri QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman Someone get a dunce cap for missouri. He didn't pay attention to the lesson last time in class. Class is over, detention is now in session. Detention is for insubordination: ignoring the traffic rules. The article you cited states in Paragraph 2: "Unfortunately, people die everyday after ignoring railroad warning lights and bells." Lets not forget people also ignoring: red traffic lights at intersections stop signs yield signs don't walk signs school zones cross walks highway construction zones speed limits or don't forget people driving: drunk on drugs smoking using a cell phone applying makeup which increases the danger even more. why should RR Xing get ALL the attention? why not other traffic violations, too?people are killed all the time ignoring ALL of the above. it's just as dangerous and deadly as ignoring a red flashing RR Xing light, crossbucks, or the presence of rails themselves. you must stop at EVERY RR Xing EVERYtime, not just when a train is coming. look both ways, roll down your windows, then proceed when safety. bus drivers don't have a problem with this, why do you? I guess you never took driver's ed. Actually I used to fix drivers ed simulators. What I want to do is get a drivers education teacher to show me how to get across blind crossing. Just think if they taught their students to dial 911 and report blind crossings.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman Someone get a dunce cap for missouri. He didn't pay attention to the lesson last time in class. Class is over, detention is now in session. Detention is for insubordination: ignoring the traffic rules. The article you cited states in Paragraph 2: "Unfortunately, people die everyday after ignoring railroad warning lights and bells." Lets not forget people also ignoring: red traffic lights at intersections stop signs yield signs don't walk signs school zones cross walks highway construction zones speed limits or don't forget people driving: drunk on drugs smoking using a cell phone applying makeup which increases the danger even more. why should RR Xing get ALL the attention? why not other traffic violations, too?people are killed all the time ignoring ALL of the above. it's just as dangerous and deadly as ignoring a red flashing RR Xing light, crossbucks, or the presence of rails themselves. you must stop at EVERY RR Xing EVERYtime, not just when a train is coming. look both ways, roll down your windows, then proceed when safety. bus drivers don't have a problem with this, why do you? I guess you never took driver's ed.
QUOTE: Originally posted by missouri The time sequence here ---At 27 seconds the car LEGALLY entered the crossing-At 26 seconds the first light blinked while the car was still Legally in the crossing area-at 24 seconds the gate started down at 22 seconds the car Legally passed the gate exiting the crossing. Either that or it was staged which happens all the time also. As long as the railroads can keep the public thinking it's there own doing the attention won't be drawn to them for the billions of dollars worth of safety equipment needed for the speeds the trains run at. And what your watching on TV is the cops covering for the cities, counties, and states negligience for letting the RRs get away with it.
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