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[quote user="BaltACD"]I ascribe to the 'Out of Sight, Out of Mind' theory.   My understanding is that this particular crossing had been a Quiet Zone for the past 6 years - a lot of time for the 'community memory' to believe they don't run trains anymore because we don't hear them.  Such thinking breeds complacancy when it comes to responding or not responding to activated crossing protection.  To my mind, Quiet Zones are dangerous for the complacancy that gets bred into the locals by rarely, if ever, seeing or hearing a train blowing for the crossing.  [/quote] So it sounds like you are saying that the horn warning extends its cautionary effect beyond the individual crossing event for which it is blown.  It keeps the crossing hazard in the consciousness of those who are close enough to hear it even when they are not at a crossing.  I can see that point.  The lack of horn signal probably also lowers the wariness of drivers not living near the quiet zone, but rather, just encountering a hornless train at a quiet zone crossing.
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