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Are Quiet Zone Crossings Less Safe Than Regular Crossings?
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">Well that is the justification for removing the horn from a crossing to make it quiet. But what I am saying is that the justification is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">not</span> adequate. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">The insurmountable gate only eliminates driving around it in order to beat the train. But as I have pointed out, there are far more crash causes that are not affected by making the gate insurmountable. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">And yet all of those other cause factors are mitigated by the train horn. So I think the quiet crossing boosters are wearing blinders to reach the conclusion that quiet zones are not more dangerous than non-quite zones. </span></p>
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