[muawiyah]

Hmmm, ad hominem? You're the guy who started talking about people being "scarred for life" ~ alas, it's a concept that must necessarily arise out of one's own experience.

Frankly, I don't think that happens. Sure, I have memories of "horrible things" ~ e.g. like sliding down an icy hill in winter into the path of a speeding train, but beyond counseling me to be very cautious around trains, it didn't exatly "scar me".

At the same time I can recall the black form of the train bearing down on us and then being thrown around the inside of our Willys Jeep Station Wagon ~ with a uniweld body!

I do like safe cars.

[AnAmericanMother]

Wow. I used to investigate crossing accidents for Southern Railroad.

A little easier way to learn to be cautious around trains.

Did y'all make contact, or did you manage to skid out of the way?

(fwiw, I was in a plane wreck, and I'm not scarred for life either. Just cautious about who I fly with.)