dieharder
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I believe one of the last pictures in the story shows traffic running parallel to the train on the other side. I believe the RV may have been waiting to turn right on a red before the train showed up.
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here is a comment from the link above. posted verbatim:
FYI - This was my mom's boyfriend that was driving her RV. The arms came down after he was already there. He tried to back up when they started down but the arm got stuck on the awning mechanism. Anyone who has been to this intersection realizes that it is an unsafe intersection due to the large amount of space between the gates. Thanks for the light hearted and comedic replies, our family loved them. For those that are wondering, he is fine, just a bit shaken up!
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There is a crossing at a nearby town I cross often. Almost everytime I see people stop on the tracks waiting for the traffic light to change. I have stopped where I should and have had the ones behind honk their horns at me. Only a matter of time and a train will get one of them. When there are several cars behind it is almost impossible to back up enough to clear the railroad track. The train will always win.
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wny_pat wrote:Executive wrote:I would say the train people might have some splaining to do before I pass judgment on the RV driver....  I doubt the train people have any splaining to do. Seen this to many times when folks think they can beat the train. Have a DOT friend who does nothing but investigate RR grade crossing accidents and he is very busy because stupid people think they can make it.
Pat, for the sake of argument, too bad we don't have a beer, my thought is that the train was moving VERY slowly, (based on the fact the engine is still in the picture). On a lot of these crossings the gate arms and lights are activated manually as the engine is track switching, so the autoswitch is deactivated. I've seen it where the train is backing up across a hwy and there is a trainman hanging onto the boxcar. As the train approaches the hwy, he tosses a flare onto the road.... .......From looking at ALL the pics, he was NOT towing, it appears he was already past the arms when they activated. Either they were manually activated or this is a really dumb RR crossing...Could this have been prevented? Of course, but there was the above issues, coupled with an inexperienced driver. (it was his GFs motorhome, and inattention on both operators.......Dennis
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Everyone should read the above post from the source of this accident.
Either way It's gotta get fixed. Wonder if Country Coach has any spare caps in storage? Then you could call it a Conaco
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wny_pat
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Executive wrote:wny_pat wrote:Executive wrote:I would say the train people might have some splaining to do before I pass judgment on the RV driver.... I doubt the train people have any splaining to do. Seen this to many times when folks think they can beat the train. Have a DOT friend who does nothing but investigate RR grade crossing accidents and he is very busy because stupid people think they can make it.
Pat, for the sake of argument, too bad we don't have a beer, my thought is that the train was moving VERY slowly, (based on the fact the engine is still in the picture). On a lot of these crossings the gate arms and lights are activated manually as the engine is track switching, so the autoswitch is deactivated. I've seen it where the train is backing up across a hwy and there is a trainman hanging onto the boxcar. As the train approaches the hwy, he tosses a flare onto the road.... .......From looking at ALL the pics, he was NOT towing, it appears he was already past the arms when they activated. Either they were manually activated or this is a really dumb RR crossing...Could this have been prevented? Of course, but there was the above issues, coupled with an inexperienced driver. (it was his GFs motorhome, and inattention on both operators.......Dennis Dennis,
I had a job for over 20 years where I had to stop at all RR grade crossings whether or not they were flashing. Stop, look and listen. Hauled hazardous material. And came from a RR family. So I have great respect for RR crossings, and know lots about them. And if I had a beer, well, we don't wait to go there.
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