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Post by bababooey on Feb 11, 2015 8:44:31 GMT -5
I'm not sure how widespread the news was about the recent deadly train crash in New York, but essentially the story is that a woman's car was stopped on train tracks and a train hit her. 5 or 6 people lost their lives.
That got me thinking about how dumb people are around train tracks. Every day on my way to work I have to cross over train tracks. I act normally around the tracks. If lights are flashing, bells are ringing, and gates are coming down, I stop my car because I know a train is about to pass. If there's nothing, I waste no time driving over the tracks.
Far too often I see people in front of me drive onto the tracks, STOP ON THE TRACKS, look both ways, and then go. I just assume these people are complete morons. What is the logic behind that? Are you gonna sit there if a train isn't coming? Get off the freaking tracks! If a train is coming, looking both ways won't help.
Has anyone else seen something like this before?
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Post by vampiroporvida on Feb 11, 2015 9:28:07 GMT -5
I'm not sure how widespread the news was about the recent deadly train crash in New York, but essentially the story is that a woman's car was stopped on train tracks and a train hit her. 5 or 6 people lost their lives. That got me thinking about how dumb people are around train tracks. Every day on my way to work I have to cross over train tracks. I act normally around the tracks. If lights are flashing, bells are ringing, and gates are coming down, I stop my car because I know a train is about to pass. If there's nothing, I waste no time driving over the tracks. Far too often I see people in front of me drive onto the tracks, STOP ON THE TRACKS, look both ways, and then go. I just assume these people are complete morons. What is the logic behind that? Are you gonna sit there if a train isn't coming? Get off the freaking tracks! If a train is coming, looking both ways won't help. Has anyone else seen something like this before? First let me say, Hey Now. I have seen people swerve through the gates when they are down, and even heard of people walking/playing in, and around train tracks. But stopping....never. Nothing good can come of that. Those trains cannot stop fast enough to not hit something they see. Plus, stopping on the tracks may even provide an extra chance to get stuck. Hopefully people will think twice about ever doing that, otherwise there will be more disasters afoot. Lets hope not. |
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Post by T R W on Feb 11, 2015 9:35:35 GMT -5
I always get honked at when I stop short of train tracks when there is a red light. Sorry, I'm not going to sit on the train tracks during the light just so you can be 5 feet closer to the intersection. It's illegal and I also don't want to die if something does happen. Morons.
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Post by PenguinDeluxe on Feb 11, 2015 9:38:42 GMT -5
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Post by Mr Wrestling Jr. on Feb 11, 2015 10:53:27 GMT -5
My dad's a train driver and I always hate hearing about things like this. Like the train weighs a few ton or something like that, carrying people or a s#!tload of freight cargo weighing even more, and people get mad when it didn't stop? This reminds me of the new trains in Adelaide that were getting complaints from some people because "the horn was too loud". Seriously? Now the horn sound is being dropped lower to please those stuck up  ers, and I'm just waiting for someone to get hit because they didn't hear the lowered tone, and the same people who bitched and moaned that the horn was too loud will bitch and moan that the horn isn't loud enough for people to hear. Didn't mean to rant but damn people are ing stupid. |
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Post by bababooey on Feb 11, 2015 11:36:05 GMT -5
Good point about the horn. If people had common sense, a horn probably wouldn't even be needed. I mean a gate comes down like a full car length before the tracks. Bells and lights go off right before the gate starts going down.
You just can't seem to warn people enough that a train is coming.
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 11, 2015 12:18:00 GMT -5
The problem where I live is the one railroad crossing's gate comes down at the last minute when the train is coming when cars could be turning at that intersection. It's dangerous and the State was looking into how to improve the safety
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Post by k5 on Feb 11, 2015 12:19:19 GMT -5
idiots vs life in general, i say. not only trains, but vehicles in general need to be highly respected. one bad move and your vehicle becomes a two ton wrecking ball of twisted steel.
the problem is that we live a life detached from the reality of how violent our world is, people just don't understand that they can and will die in one bad move. it's insanity.
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Feb 11, 2015 12:58:15 GMT -5
Since I am very familiar with how fast Metro North trains can be, I have little to zero sympathy for the SUV driver that was killed. The general consensus is you should know when a train comes by either looking at the signals or when the gate comes down. Having common sense is something most people need the most. Most people lack common sense to a point that when something tragic happens, they don't place the blame on the person who caused said incident. Not to mention, you have to factor in how inconvenienced riders on the Harlem line had to endure while the segment was out of commission.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Feb 11, 2015 13:18:06 GMT -5
Good point about the horn. If people had common sense, a horn probably wouldn't even be needed. I mean a gate comes down like a full car length before the tracks. Bells and lights go off right before the gate starts going down. You just can't seem to warn people enough that a train is coming. The problem is that many, many people don't have any common sense. |
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Post by The Mask of Truth on Feb 12, 2015 8:16:07 GMT -5
A person stopping on the train tracks is either high or stupid, maybe both.
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