| Posted by Dan I. on April 20, 2019 | |
I think that there should be a national law applicable all over the country that if you drive over a grade crossing that only has flashing lights, crossbucks, or "Yield" signs and a train is within 500 hundred feet of the crossing or you hear the train's horns that you must not cross or receive a citation if caught. Too many drivers are so impatient to wait anymore and that includes roadways as well. During my long experience of truck driving, I have seen stupid drivers do stupid things at grade crossings like seen in the picture above. Your car or truck ain't no match against a train doing 70 mph!
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My thoughts are with Don I and that drivers will never respect the power and weight of trains!
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When you STOP a train near or slightly-fouling a public road crossing, it would be both unrealistic and unreasonable to expect the public to wait some unknown time to cross.
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| Posted by Dan I. on April 27, 2019 | |
Dave is right. It would be unrealistic to wait at a crossing is a train is stopped near or at a crossing. What should happen is that the conductor or some other railroad employee should flag traffic through in this instance. It is done quite a bit on the grade crossings in my neck of the woods.
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