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Actually I kind of like my rose colored glasses!!! <br />But the fact is people are dying I don't really care if it is 10% not at fault or 50%. And of course who's statistics are those? How do we really know the true statistics when it is easier to blame the dead person. They can't defend themselves. Reguardless if more people owned a pair of rose colored glasses the world would be a nicer place. <br /> <br />Any way I do wish we could eliminate cossing but I don't see how that is realisticly possible with out spending big bucks. I mean if we could have over passes at all major crossing it would be great. It would cost alot of money and we all know how money is the one thing no one likes to spend on things they don't feel immediately affects them. It takes actually loosing some one they love to a car/train collision to actually get some ones eyes to open up. I am sorry to say the number of these people are rising every day. I am ever so aware of how dangerous trains are. I don't trust lights and gates. I always slow down and look but I see people that trust them and wiz right on through. They are under the impression that the gates and lights always work!!! Well they don't I have seen first hand lights and gates go down for no reason. I have also seen the gates raise while a train is still going through a intersection. So what is it. Are people suposed to stop at all intersections even if there are gates or what? I have often wondered that. Is it the law to stop at ALL crossing or just one with out lights and/or gates or just ones with stop signs. IF there is not a stop sign are you just supposed to yeild or it is to be understood that you must stop? It seems the number of train/vehicle fatalities increase all the time. It will only be a matter of time before there are so many people that will want change that some thing will have to change. I have seen operation life saver at our school. I have listened to what they have said. I think educating kids on the safety of railroads is great but the fact is adults are the ones that need education.We have a crossing right through our little hick town and no way to avoid going over the tracks to get from one side of town to the other. Is it true that if some one walks across the tracks they are trespassing? I have heard that and oftened wonderd if it is true if so how does one get from one side of town to the other on foot? another thing I wanted to add while I am on a roll the metal boxes that have the light on them that is right by the intersecton. The one by the crossing has a light on it that shines in the direction of the driver. For two reasons it bothers me. One is that the light blinds me as I am looking before i cross when I look down the tracks to make sure no train is comming. the other reason is if my eyes catch the light just right it looks like a train could be comming and it startles me. Just a thought that those may not be in the best place. I have heard what the railroads train police with. They said that all the fatilities are due to stupid drivers. When I heard this It made me mad because I knew this was not true. So I wonder why they told this particular group of police officers this? It is not nice to call people stupid and really not nice to insult some one that is probably dead. IF they made a mistake I think they paid the ultamit price. If they did not make a mistake they are the biggest victims. Either way name calling does not solve the problem at hand. Adults need education (unbiased) and empathy needs to be used. I can honestly see where both sides get a little off the mark with blame.
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