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Amtrak Accident - Non-Working Crossing Signals
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<FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Well, getting drivers to obey the law is one problem, but the issue with this thread is about the railroad industry and the traffic control sector getting the flaws out of its crossing protection.</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>There are bound to be unintended consequences when you have such complex rules and devices that you cannot get consistent interpretations from the very people who create and enforce them. </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><FONT size=2>For example, I would submit that the use of crossbucks at signalized crossings makes non-signalized crossings more dangerous.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When signalized crossings are not activated, drivers go through without looking for trains because they have faith in the automatic protection.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Every time they do this, they drive past a crossbuck that means nothing to them because the signals are not activated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then when they drive through a non-signalized crossing where the only protection is the crossbuck, drivers might tend to dismiss it because they do that routinely at non-activated, signalized crossings.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><FONT size=2><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva><FONT size=2><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">The lack of meaning of a crossbuck at signalized crossings compromises the meaning of the crossbuck at non-signalized crossings. </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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