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<p>[quote user="zugmann"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">The FRA wants medians in to prevent drivers from trying to beat the train in exchange for eliminating the horn blowing.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span>Yet horn blowing does nothing to prevent drivers from trying to beat the train.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span>So what is the point of requiring medians in exchange for no horn blowing?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </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;">What horn blowing does is wake up drivers who are sleeping, impaired, or distracted, and who are about to drive through the lowered gate and past the flashing lights because they are not aware of them.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span>Yet adding medians does nothing to help with this problem.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p> </p> <p>Again - source, or is this just your opinion?</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 first sentence about trading horn blowing for medians or similar means to prevent running around the gate is in the link posted above by Greyhounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is the basic rationale for quiet zones, and detailed in many references to them.</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-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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;">The source for the rest is just common sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>What can the horn do to save somebody who wants to run around the gate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>What can medians do to prevent people from falling asleep, passing out, or not paying attention?</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">   </span></span> </span></span></p>
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