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fuzzybuddy said:
DUH!!! No crossing gates. In most rural areas, there's nothing to tell motorists that an oncoming train could pulverize you.
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That's right...there are hundreds/thousands of rural road crossings with No gates, or warning lights, etc. Many of these roads only see a half dozen vehicles a day, so it is rather impractical to go through all the expense of installing barriers. It's up to the people who use these roads to exercise the appropriate caution when a train is approaching.
It will take some time to determine what that dump truck driver did to cause this crash....either he was unwilling to wait a minute for the train to pass, or he was playing with his cell phone, etc.....either way, he got what he deserved, but he took several people with him.
 
Don M. said:
That's right...there are hundreds/thousands of rural road crossings with No gates, or warning lights, etc. Many of these roads only see a half dozen vehicles a day, so it is rather impractical to go through all the expense of installing barriers. It's up to the people who use these roads to exercise the appropriate caution when a train is approaching.
It will take some time to determine what that dump truck driver did to cause this crash....either he was unwilling to wait a minute for the train to pass, or he was playing with his cell phone, etc.....either way, he got what he deserved, but he took several people with him.
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Simple trip-lights are a cheap way to go....train passes the tripping mechanism on approach, warning light comes on at the crossing.

Me and my brother used to walk the 5 miles to town via the railroad tracks. I was 10, he was 12. Vibrating iron was our only warning. It was careless, maybe even stupid, but c'mon, Don - we didn't deserve to get cut to pieces by a train for being careless, or even stupid.
 
I live in a semi rural area. There is a railroad crossing with no gates or warning lights almost within sight of my mailbox. You have to be almost on the track before you can see down left or right of the track. I approach carefully and listen close. The track is mostly active at night. Amazingly there has never been a collision there.
 
MountainRa said:
I live in a semi rural area. There is a railroad crossing with no gates or warning lights almost within sight of my mailbox. You have to be almost on the track before you can see down left or right of the track. I approach carefully and listen close. The track is mostly active at night. Amazingly there has never been a collision there.
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Surely people who live near a railway track know the timings of the trains?
 
Such a tragedy. May the deceased R.I.P. and the injured heal well. I wonder if the dump truck driver got stuck on the tracks or even if it was suicide. :unsure: It's scary to see these train accidents because that's my preferred mode of travel when going a distance. When my husband and I used to go down south, we saw rural track crossings with no gates. I always assumed drivers would know to open their windows to look and listen for trains. There should be no crossings where visual access to oncoming trains is obstructed! Unfortunately, these types of things are not corrected until after someone (or several) die. :cry:
 
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