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Thank the Good Lord you were not killed. I have to say that I find your statement about not being the type of person to try and beat the train is very interesting. Let me give you some history as to why. I was on a Jury that was hearing a civil case of a young girl(17) who was tragically killed at an unprotected(lights but no gates) crossing. We ended up in a deadlock because the mentallity seemed to be that if you crossed the tracks and was killed it was your own fault. I have since learned quite a number of things that could be done to save hundreds of lives each year. I started a forum a little while back entitled "safety at crossings", let me tell you it was a heated forum. Everyone seemed to think that if you crossed the tracks and was killed or injured it was your own fault. I attempted to bring up the issue of those who were not trying to beat the train, sight distance issues, funding of lights, etc.. Needless to say free market capitalism won(Snow in Government)but the fact remains that there is a lot of proof that the railroads and government seem to subscribe to the money(profit) before lives attitude. I appreciate hearing your story, knowing that there is someone who may not have been beating the train and fortunately live to tell about it. The sad part is there are many that don't. <br />Mike
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