[svcw]

I have never gotten how someone can be hit by a train, unless they are trying to run across before it comes.
The tracks vibrate so even if you were hard of hearing you’d feel movement.
The train is really loud, the conductor will hang on the whistle to get your attention, its really really loud.
So how can someone be distracted by all that commotion?

[submarinerswife]

I have never gotten how someone can be hit by a train, unless they are trying to run across before it comes.

Here's one for ya. Very recently a drunk at a bar (across from the tracks in our small downtown area) decided to "slap" the train as it was rolling by.

The train "slapped" back. He died in front of a crowd in front of the bar.