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My criticizing the crossing as being unsafe does not mean that I don’t blame the truck driver for the 6/24/11 crash.  I have no idea what he was doing.  He did go into a panic stop as indicated by skid marks.  But he only had 2.9 seconds to work with.  And if he waited the full 2.9 seconds, he would have had to go into full panic stop.  He did not get stopped, so obviously he waited more than 2.9 seconds before reacting to the warning.  But my point is basically about the crossing, and not necessarily about the fault for the 6/24/11 crash.  I only ask the question about a possible relationship.  <o:p></o:p> I began criticizing the crossing design when I started the thread last summer, Is Amtrak Crash Nevada’s Fault?   Soon afterward, I learned that Amtrak engineer, Ron Kaminkow has been very outspoken on this matter since he was involved in the crash.  Here is what he says: <a href="http://labornotes.org/blogs/2011/07/engineer-truck-train-collision-raises-fundamental-safety-questions">http://labornotes.org/blogs/2011/07/engineer-truck-train-collision-raises-fundamental-safety-questions</a>
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