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Is Amtrak Crash Nevada’s Fault?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Operation Lifesaver has told me that drivers must approach signalized crossings at a speed low enough to permit them to stop for an approaching train, no matter whether the signals are activated or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This amounts to yielding to trains as required by the crossbuck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To properly yield to an approaching train may or may not require slowing down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It depends on how far the driver can see down the tracks in each direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></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;">I have posed a follow-up question asking what drivers must do to yield to the red flashing lights should they happen to activate as a driver approaches a signalized crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The requirement to yield to the flashing lights is not affected by the driver’s view down the tracks. </span></span></span></p>
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