Yes, indeed.Another senseless tragedy. Condolences to the crew and passengers.
Indeed. A private business crossing. Employees should have a good idea of the speeds and frequencies of trains. The business would have to pay for lights. Still, with a full stop, line of sight seems to be pretty good in both directions.No crossing arms or signs? Our hearts go out to the family for their tragic loss but the train has the right of way. It is the drivers responsibility ( not the train engineer or conductor) to insure safe passage across the tracks. The old signs at RR grade crossings said "Stop, Look and Listen". This unfortunately sounds like the driver did neither- a case of driver negligence with tragic consequences.
Because many of those Mothers would first have to admit that they too have a cellphone problem. It's not just distracted teens that text or dial and/or talk when driving, I've had far too many unpleasant encounters with soccer moms in honkin' huge SUV's, cellphone in ear, screaming devil-spawn in the back, utterly oblivious to the world outside their windshield.All the more reason I have to ask if there wasn't a cellphone complicit in this... if one is looking down at one's lap and not out the windows, then impeccable visibility both ways is a moot point. ... MADD in the 90's went a long ways toward changing the social norm w/re drunk driving - wonder how long it'll take for Mothers Against Distracted Drivers to rise up and help change the (current) social ethos?
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