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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-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Does the Nevada crossing have a timing defect?</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 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 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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">At 70 mph, a vehicle will require something like 450-550 feet to stop at maximum braking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consider a driver approaching the Nevada crossing at 70 mph, and the crossing flashers activate when the driver is 500 feet from the crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that point, the driver must consider whether it is possible to stop short of the crossing.<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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">It the driver decides to stop, it will take 6-9 seconds to stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After 3 seconds, the gate will come down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the driver has misjudged his or her ability to stop, and therefore is incapable of stopping short of the crossing, the driver will crash through the lowered gate.<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;">If the driver decides not to stop and continues to travel at 70 mph, it will take about 5 seconds to reach the crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And by that time, the gate will be down, and the driver will crash through the lowered gate at 70 mph. </span></span></span></p>
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