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Here's an idea, although not a new one. Make it mandatory for traffic to stop at every grade crossing, active protection or not. That way, Operation Mike Saver's sight distance argument will go away. Then again, he'll say it's the railroads fault for delaying so much traffic. <br /> <br />Also, he would want RR's to pay for the signs when it is obviously a highway dept. issue. <br /> <br />Then, Operation Mike Saver would say that the stop signs are bad because it would take away from his and his ambulance chasing friends business--no leeway to sue with. <br /> <br />Not that the mandatory stop would reduce grade crossing collisions, we see people run gates and lights everyday. But then the Mike's of the world could crawl back under their rocks until they find the next thing to sue about. I think I'll sue my mortgage company for letting me run up so much debt. After all, I'm not responsible for my own actions anymore thanks to lawyers!!!! <br /> <br />And as far as truckers go, most are okay. However, since my last job was unloading trucks, I smelled a lot of "reefer" on quite a few of the drivers and never unloaded a reefer equipped trailer. How many RR'ers would dare do this after Ricky Gates? So I certainly don't want some nitwit telling me about how much more safe trucks are than RRs. <br /> <br />I've said enough--for now.
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