HazMat RR Crossing issue

wow, that IS a tough one..!!

looking at that one set of tracks at the 3rd stop, i gotta ask, are those tracks "exempt"..??? did you see any signage saying that.>???

if so, stopping would not be needed.

that set looks like a "delivery set" for the business in that area, and may not get much train traffic on there then the others..??

 

you don't want to cross any lanes, in an accident, you would be 1000% at fault. hell a cop can ticket you too if he see's you, maybe even make you walk the white line, recite the ABC's backwards..???

 

First of all, how exactly is "chewing gum flavoring" classified? Just because you are required to have placards on your trailer does not mean you have to stop at all rail crossings.

In other words, only if you meet the specifications of paragraphs (a) (1) through (6) do you need to stop.

I would imagine you are probably hauling the product in a "cargo tank motor vehicle", so you'll have to determine whether or not what you are hauling falls under #4, 5, or 6 even if it is not placarded as anything to which #2 or 3 would apply.


There are also exceptions, which allow even those vehicles required to stop at all rail crossings to cross certain crossings without stopping.

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Do any of the crossings in question meet those specifications?


If stops are required, I'd stop at #1 & #2. If I could stop at #3 without remaining on the #2 tracks, I would...otherwise, the stop I made for #2 would be to clear both #2 and #3 (since stopping on the tracks is a BIG no-no). Besides, you already checked the #3 tracks once (same tracks as #1), so the #2 stop would check the #2 tracks and to make sure #3's situation hadn't changed before rolling across both #2 & #3.

 

I would roll through the third one. That's how I handle tracks like that, and I haul haz waste everyday. Never been stopped for it.

 

I imagine that is a Class 3. I would do what Pedigreed said. Stop at 1 and 2. Use the 2nd stop to recheck 3, which I am assuming is a spur. Even if it isn't I wouldn't stop on those tracks after 2.

 

#####, chewing gum flavoring that is flammable..????

guess smoking while chewing is out then, huh..???? lol..

considering the gum we chew nowadays is made of polymers/synthetics, doesn't surprise me, that we can have our heads explode while we chew..


http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question86.htm


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gum


http://dherbs.com/articles/dangers-of-chewing-gum-244.html