| Re: Trucker Nailed by a Metrolink Train [message #792192] |
Thu, 24 January 2008 23:47 |
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In article <2e9f573a-da01-4379-91c9-8069beb6d650 [at] m34g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
K <railwaypassenger [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here's an example of how "professional" some truckers are:
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>> http://yosemitephotos.net/main.php?g2_itemId=1262
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>> This was taken the day after Amtrak hit a truck at the same crossing
>> doing the same thing.!
>It's also an example of a badly designed intersection. The traffic
>lights and stopping line for vehicles coming from that direction ought
>to be on the other side of the tracks, so that vehicles stopping for a
>red light don't stop on the tracks.
That still would't have stopped the trucker from pulling forward to
make a right turn on red. But, yes, those intersections should be
done differently.
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