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[quote user="n012944"][quote user="Bucyrus"] People run into trains for different reasons, and with some of those reasons, roadside lighting would not help.  And with some of those reasons, reflectors would not help.  Considering what probably occurred with the Friendship, WI crash, I believe that either roadside lighting or reflectors may have prevented it, whereas the stop sign did not.  In fact, I would say that roadside lighting would have contributed far more crash prevention than the stop sign.[/quote]And at what point does the driver have to take some responsibility?  We could light up every crossing like the Vegas strip, but at some point people need to learn how to protect themselves.  Maybe we should have crash netting come up anytime a train comes near, just in case a careless driver thinks that the rules of the road don't apply to them.[banghead][/quote]The drivers have been expected to take all the responsibility up until the point where the FRA said that freight trains can be hard to see at night.  Why would the FRA tell us that trains can be hard to see at night, and add reflectors to light them up instead of just telling drivers to live up to their responsibility to make sure the crossing is clear? I believe the money spent on installing and maintaining reflectors would buy more safety if it were spent on roadside lighting for passive grade crossings without stop signs, that are in un-illuminated areas.
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