| Re: Trucker Nailed by a Metrolink Train [message #792252] |
Fri, 25 January 2008 16:09 |
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On Jan 24, 11:47 pm, el... [at] no.spam () wrote:
> In article <2e9f573a-da01-4379-91c9-8069beb6d... [at] m34g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
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> K <railwaypassen... [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.
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> 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.
You should protect right turns (and left turns) with their own traffic
light. Or just disallow right turns on red.
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