Posted on 01/20/2018 6:24:27 AM PST by Gamecock
You would think that the trains are sneaking into peoples homes in the middle of the night and bludgeoning them to death.
and on same day 100 Americans were killed by car drivers.
Who the HELL rides these local trains?
So let me get this straight. When someone ignores lights and horns and goes around crossing gates it’s the trains fault when they get hit? Another piece of evidence this country has gone totally insane
Faster than a speeding locomotive? Nope. Sorrry, you lose. Game over.
There should be no debate about who is the blame for this particular death.
Put up level crossings like in Britain, a complete no go around gate.
Train Gangs...
Then, on Wednesday, bicyclist Jeffrey D. King, 51, was struck and killed at the Ocean Avenue crossing, just five blocks south of where Lavell died. The Boynton Beach man also was apparently trying to beat the train, according to police.
"Beat the Train" - a new fun way to identify and remove the members of the population who are too stupid to live.
When I lived in a small town outside the Chicago area that had a set of train tracks, one friend was a local police officer who said that in 25 years on the force, he walked the tracks about 30 times pointing out body parts to the guys with the little bags used to clean up this kind of mess. When the village wrote a law that imposed a $500 fine for crossing the tracks improperly, he had no problem writing the tickets and never let anybody get away with a warning.
Couldn't really blame him. In future years, none of the new victims had been issued a ticket before they tried to beat a train and lost. Maybe the $500 had something to do with it.
Station armed guards with orders to shoot to kill those crossing at the wrong times.
We’ve had railroads for centuries now. Plenty of time for society to get right with the Laws of Physics.
How can one post without a url link?
Because I am a moron. Mod has been notified.
I would think the posting software would do some error checking to eliminate this.
I know when the few times I try to post I get all sorts of “fix it, bozo” messages.
Drivers tend to forget that even though the driver can get around the train real fast there is still about 15 feet of automobile behind the driver that hasn’t made it past yet.
Plaintiff lawyers.
The train owners should countersue for damage to their trains/tracks caused by the deceased’s negligence. Then maybe this would stop
No, peoples' stupidity is killing people. In the battle of 150-pound human at 3 mph versus highballing passenger train at 20,000 tons and 80 mph, I can pretty accurately predict the winner every time.
Dagnabbit, these new-fangled inventions are dangerous.
Don’t play chicken with a train. You will lose.
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