sensors req'd to give a certain amount of warning at railway crossings.
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by rank, Jan 11, 2013.
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If true, 6 years to upgrade a crossing warning system to account for increased speed is ridicuously dangerous. And since the warning system was working as intended, then the driver either didn't stop and look(assuming he would have been able to see the train approaching) or he was already on the tracks when the crossing was activated. Either way, a tragedy.
I work for a railroad in the exact department that would be responsible for the crossing system and everyday I see drivers that stop on the tracks when traffic is backed up or the go through the crossing after it is activated and the lights are going off and the barriers are starting to come down. -
I live next to a rail crossing, and regularly see trucks stopped on the tracks. They don't seem to understand that they are not supposed to enter the crossing unless they can safely clear it without having to stop. One of these days, they'll do it in front of the right pair of eyes and they'll get a nice fat driving award and some time off to think about what they did....or they'll learn the hard way when they get clobbered by a train.
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your also not supposed to shift when crossing the tracks.
but it really amazes me the dumb truckers that cross when they shouldn't. it's like they're totally clueless -
For those of you that misse dthe original story, the poor SOB driver in the link was in a veterans day parade. He was pulling a float with veterans on it...some injured. He drove onto the tracks and the parade stopped. The the train came. The vets were scrambling to get off the float but I guess some couldn't due to their injuries. Man what a terrible thing.
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Where the sensors are placed won't make a difference, because you're still gonna have idiots that'll want to play chicken. When that alarm sounds, it doesn't mean "Cross the tracks as fast as you can". It means "There's a train coming you idiot".
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Gates and alarms can malfunction, I'll give you that. But I'm not about to take that risk by assuming every RR gate is malfunctioning. Knowing my luck I'd get creamed by the Amtrack moving at 80mph. Reminds me of the boy who cried wolf. -
I'm not 100% but I would think that you would have gates on any crossing with multiple tracks. Never, ever go around a gate that's down unless you've been waiting for 20 mins or so. I think at that point it would be safe to assume there's no train. -
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