http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/train-barrels-tractor-trailer-georgia-43594074
-Kevin.
Idiots with trucks do not mix well with large railroad equipment …
Four people a week on average? That’s apparently true, but people getting killed at train crossings over the last ten years has been about half of what it was in the 1990s and about a third of what it was in the 1980s. The couple in this video were misled by their gps information, but what’s strange is that half of train/vehicle accidents happen within five miles of home, and you would think that drivers would be familiar with the train crossings that close to home.
That couple sure does have a heck of a lot of stuff. Wow.
Train/vehicle accidents happen within 5 miles of home??? I should move, then.
Sorry, not buying it. GPS doesn’t get you stuck on RR tracks. GPS routes you across RR tracks. When your driving any vehicle you either stop short of the tracks or drive completely past them. You never, ever, even if you can see a 100 miles in each direction, stop on them. I can’t think of one good reason to stop on them. If there is not enough clear road in front of you stop and figure it out. A sign telling me no trucks will not cause me to park on the tracks. Damn the sign, there merely suggestions anyway. A giant 30-50 mph billion pound train trumps a sign.
Glad no one was hurt. But there is zero excuse, driver error.
Darwin and “natural selection” in action… catch you next time!
Apparently it was an Allied Moving Van, and they sit a lot lower to the ground then a regular box trailer. Tried to get over the hump in the grade crossing and bottomed out. A GPS that’s programmed for trucks would have warned them about that; low bridges, weight restrictions, etc. I’ve had to watch for things like while using my Magellan GPS when I was driving.
In the video you see the warning sign at the crossing that trucks will high-center. He ignored the sign and almost paid the ultimate price.
Too much dependence on electronics and not enough simple brain power…or have we lost that as a society…
Devon Sinsley said:
Sorry, not buying it. GPS doesn’t get you stuck on RR tracks. GPS routes you across RR tracks. When your driving any vehicle you either stop short of the tracks or drive completely past them. You never, ever, even if you can see a 100 miles in each direction, stop on them. I can’t think of one good reason to stop on them. If there is not enough clear road in front of you stop and figure it out. A sign telling me no trucks will not cause me to park on the tracks. Damn the sign, there merely suggestions anyway. A giant 30-50 mph billion pound train trumps a sign.
Glad no one was hurt. But there is zero excuse, driver error.
Devon, if only. I see people getting “stuck” in intersections, and on tracks, all the time. Too many people drive by only looking right over the hood of their vehicle, and they don’t see whats 100 or 200 feet down the road.
Wow I hope they have insurance…
That is almost too hard to believe that there are on average 5 incidents a day involving trains at crossings but then again…
There was a sign warning about “No Trucks”, but it was placed in the wrong spot, causing them to be too late to turn around. Stupidity and negligence about safety go hand in hand. Regards, Dennis.