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Semi-trailer plowed into an Amtrak train in rural Nevada: 2 killed
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<p>[quote user="zugmann"]</p> <p>Beats me about the triangles. I didn't write the law.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The triangles are an extra precaution to prevent drivers from running into a vehicle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though the law requires drivers to have their cars under control, as you rightly point out, traffic authorities want to prevent crashes should those drivers happen to not have their cars completely under control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So they came up with a little extra measure of safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they did not come up with a scheme of 56,000 extra flashing lights and sirens; just some little reflectorized triangles.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">And let’s not forget that the FRA says freight cars are hard for drivers to see at night, so we have to add reflectors to them to help prevent drivers from running into them should they happen to not have their cars under control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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