Don't park your duty (or personal) vehicle on or near RR Tracks!

RyanZ71

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Jun 14, 2011
1,001
Denver, Colorado
For sure a justified lawsuit coming on this one. I'm pretty sure this is one of a number of smaller crossings where trains are not required to sound their horn but still, you can't just expect that a train is going to stop at the sight of flashing lights, not to mention how long it takes a train to stop.

 

NPS Ranger

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May 21, 2010
1,988
Penn's Woods
Hmmm let's see, "tunnel vision" ..... "situational awareness" ..... it doesn't give a timeframe of how long they were parked on the tracks, but still....
I wasn't there but i think somebody's got some 'splainin' to do.
 
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tsquale

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Oct 12, 2010
10,511
Minnesota, USA
I agree NPS. Sounds like the situation went south quick and all that they were seeing was the target in front of them... offduh.
 

JazzDad

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Aug 5, 2011
5,165
USA
I had a customer who filed an insurance claim, saying a train hit her car. The investigation revealed she fell asleep at the crossing and rolled into the moving train.
 
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