Another Train vs Truck

I agree


I have had to cross allot of these low clearance tracks in order to get to my LTL stops out in BFE but I go slow and watch the Landing gear in the mirror so as soon as it toutches STOP and back off the tracks, the Idiots that get stuck on these fly onto them and Wedge themselve on there. Which is what the guy in this article said he did...




American Trucker

 

agreed....

 

Link, read it all here.


...392.10 Railroad grade crossings; stopping required.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the driver of a commercial motor vehicle specified in paragraphs (1) through (6) of this section shall not cross a railroad track or tracks at grade unless he/she first: Stops the commercial motor vehicle within 50 feet of, and not closer than 15 feet to, the tracks; thereafter listens and looks in each direction along the tracks for an approaching train; and ascertains that no train is approaching. When it is safe to do so, the driver may drive the commercial motor vehicle across the tracks in a gear that permits the commercial motor vehicle to complete the crossing without a change of gears. The driver must not shift gears while crossing the tracks.

{Cut Cut Cut}

(b) A stop need not be made at:

(b)(1) A streetcar crossing, or railroad tracks used exclusively for industrial switching purposes, within a business district, as defined in §390.5 of this chapter,

(b)(2) A railroad grade crossing when a police officer or crossing flagman directs traffic to proceed,

(b)(3) A railroad grade crossing controlled by a functioning highway traffic signal transmitting a green indication which, under local law, permits the commercial motor vehicle to proceed across the railroad tracks without slowing or stopping.

(b)(4) An abandoned railroad grade crossing which is marked with a sign indicating that the rail line is abandoned,

(b)(5) An industrial or spur line railroad grade crossing marked with a sign reading "Exempt." Such "Exempt" signs shall be erected only by or with the consent of the appropriate State or local authority

 

That's hazmat rules.

The driver blatently violated to follow a traffic control device.
The sign reads: "NO SEMI TRUCKS, LOW GROUND CLEARANCE ON TRACKS"

Only a dumb ### would cross. Oh the sign is BS, I can make it. DOH! And when I scrape this way, I'll turn around and scrape the other way??
Instead of waiting until you get stuck, why not call for help before that. We all backed out of situations before.

How do you secure aluminum coils in a reefer anyways?

 

Maybe they were on pallets

 

Of course that sign you see in the picture is only visible to the driver AFTER he has crossed the tracks, made a left turn, then read it backwards in his rear view mirror.
But any good clarvoyant driver would know that.
I still maintain that if this is happening often (as the article says), there must be another problem...such as a non existant warning sign from the other direction.
But that's a guess on my part.
Maybe that area just attracts dumb drivers.