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Everyday I become more and more convinced that a lot of people are IDIOTS! Here in southern California, I feel as though I am being engulfed by idiotic, pretensive jerks! Yesterday I was down by the new Gold Line in South Pasadena, and these people are STUPID!!!! Operation Lifesaver has no effect on these people. The Gold Line has crossing arms gaurding the sidewalks in addition to the street (because, once more, southern California is home to a lot of IDIOTS). However, to ensure that no one is trapped inside the sidewalk gates as they come down, there are "emergency exits" on the side of these sidewalk arms. Well yesterday, the arms came down, but some idiots just opened the emergency exits on one side and ran through!!!! Brings new meaning to 'running a crossing.' But maybe its for the better: one less idiot to worry about, and a person won't scratch up the train's paint like a car will. Sometimes it seems that it is a pitty that diesels had to be invented. I can imagine six 2-10-2's hauling hard upgrade as the person is running the crossing. Maybe a few hundred thousand pounds of tractive effort will teach these people a little respect for the railway. Then again, I think we are going about Operation Lifesaver the wrong way. We are teaching these people that running crossings is dangerous. Let's just attack the problem at the source: make them not want to run grade crossings. How do we do this? We make them into railfans, so they won't want to run grade crossings--they'll want to stop and watch the train pass, and savor the beauty of the PS-4 gondola. And as for the rocks, they'll want to help reposition ballast, not throw it. There are a lot of IDIOTS out there, Daniel
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