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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://m.kare11.com/news.jsp?key=121404&rc=top"><FONT face=verdana,geneva color=#800080>http://m.kare11.com/news.jsp?key=121404&rc=top</FONT></A></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I have no idea what to make of this.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does a railroad company have reference data that proves whether or not grade crossing signals were functioning when trains passed?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>It seems like this trial found that the railroad failed to prove that the signals were working, and that onsite evidence proved that the car could not have been in the location in which it was hit if the gates were down.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>But the difference in point-of-impact location between a car going around the gate and one passing straight through if the gate were raised is only 10-15 feet or so.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The police said the crash evidence indicated that the car went around the gate.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I did not see this story on Kare 11 last night, so I will see if I can find out more about it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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