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[quote user="CShaveRR"] <blockquote>Mr. Wheeler, once you specifically say, and the second time you suggest (through the voice of the other driver), that it's all right not to stop for flashing grade-crossing signals.</blockquote> Guess what:  it isn't!  Ever.  <img src="/TRCCS/emoticons/emotion-39.gif" alt="Super Angry" /> <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] That is correct, but your mention of this has caused something to occur to me.  It is illegal for a driver to cross a grade crossing if the red lights are flashing.  What do you do if you are driving the speed limit of say 55 mph down a highway and the lights start flashing when you are 100 feet from the crossing?  It would be impossible to stop for the lights in just 100 feet.  Getting hit by the train is not the issue here.  The issue is breaking the law by crossing against the lights.  <o:p></o:p> I don’t think the law is very clear about this issue.  It speaks of exercising due care when approaching a crossing.  The crossing gives you a warning interval between the start of the lights and the arrival of the train.  But it gives you no warning about the starting of the lights.  It is like a traffic signal with no yellow light.  <o:p></o:p> So when the law says you have to exercise due care, that has to mean that you have to go slow enough while approaching a crossing to be able to stop short if the lights come on.  Certainly that cannot be more than 10 mph.  Crossing at 70 mph cannot possibly be using due care, so it would be breaking the law even if the lights don’t come on.  Therefore everyone who drives across that Nevada crossing at the speed limit is breaking the law no matter whether a train is approaching or not.
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