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[quote user="efftenxrfe"] That the driver had 2.9 seconds warning is fantasy. It accuses the responsible signal maintainer of gross criminal behavior, or negligence.[/quote] The 2.9 seconds is my calculation.  It is not a fantasy, and it has nothing to do with the signal maintainer.  What it means is that when the truck entered the warning zone, where the driver was required to look for trains or signals, he had 2.9 seconds to recognize the flashing lights and begin full emergency stopping in order to get stopped before fouling the crossing.  The truck driver failed to recognize the flashing lights and/or train within the 2.9 seconds.  <o:p></o:p> The 2.9 seconds is a nominal figure based on my best information for the length of the warning zone, and the stopping distance of the truck.  It assumes a speed of 70 mph.   <o:p></o:p> The engineer of the Amtrak train agrees with me in that the crossing does not have enough advance warning for the highway speed, and he does not want to have any more railroaders killed due to the dangerous crossing.
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