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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></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;">Yes, I agree.<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-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday, I called U.P. and talked to someone in communications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t believe he understood the point I was making about there being another meaning to their statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he did attempt a robust explanation of the meaning that they intended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said that if a motorist made a decision that it was safe to cross the tracks, and the signals were activated, then the motorist would be breaking the law, but ultimately it is it is the motorist’s decision whether or not it is safe to cross the tracks.</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;">He told me that what the sentence means is that ultimately it is the motorist’s decision as to whether or not it is safe to cross because it can’t be the engineer’s decision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said yes it cannot be the engineer’s decision, but it cannot be the motorist’s decision either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The signals mean what they mean, and nobody is free to decide otherwise.<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-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">He said that ultimately everything the driver does is the driver’s decision whether it is legal nor not.</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 also talked to Operation Lifesaver national office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We discussed it in detail, and at first, she did not see the second meaning either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then all of a sudden it was as if a light turned on, and she said she could then see the other meaning that I was talking about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said they definitely did not mean to convey that meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me to contact U.P. and explain it again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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