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Re: Amtrak train destroys minivan carrying 6 people |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Jun 27 14:27:30 2016, in response to Re: Amtrak train destroys minivan carrying 6 people, posted by AlM on Mon Jun 27 13:39:12 2016. It's probably the driver's fault, here, yes. Not arguing against that.The crossing serves 5 houses, which are on one side of the tracks while the rest of civilization is on the other side. So? All safety measures should account for someone coming by, and for coming by for the first time. I should be able to drive in from NY and go and visit someone in those houses and, following the laws of the locale, not get hurt without a vehicle problem or someone else being at fault. The houses are all right by the tracks. The people there must hear every train that passes by. There is a clear transition from the houses "area" to the track area, and that transition requires you to turn on to it. You aren't walking out your front door to find the tracks under your feet. You are already in your car and, chances, are, have turned the steering wheel a great deal to join a road, all before you cross the tracks. As far as I'm concerned, you are driving, and at this point the number of houses in the vicinity and how close they are doesn't make much of a difference. No one in their right might would cross that track repeatedly without stopping, looking, and listening. Yes, once you learn the area and realize, "oh, right, if I don't check, nothing else will save me," But again, what about the first time? |
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