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   PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Win32  Nov 15 2020 MSC 1927   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 r3.179 Nov 15 2020 MSC 1927   
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   Joe,   
      
    JM>   In the mid 80s this woman drove around the crossing guards as a train   
    JM> was coming and got hit and pushed down the tracks a bit.  The train   
    JM> wasn't going very fast, moving cars from one side of town to the other.   
      
     Had it been going faster, the coupler going through the door/window would   
   have likely decapitated her.   
      
    JM>   She was banged up and had the excuse she didn't see the train or hear   
    JM> the whistle.   
      
     She must've had the radio on loud...but the bottom line is that she wasn't   
   aware of her surroundings.   
      
     I've gotten so that I drive with the radio off, so I can hear things such   
   as emergency vehicle sirens, train horns, etc. And as a bumper sticker from   
   Operation Lifesaver notes, "Any Time Is Train Time".   
      
    JM>   Yet she drove around the crossing barriers.  I would think if they   
    JM> are down that would give the driver an idea a train was near.   
      
     Sometimes, there's a malfunction. But, every crossing has a blue warning   
   sign to call the railroad and notify them if:   
      
   1) There's an apparent problem with the signals.   
      
   2) The gate has been broken, or the signal has been taken out by a vehicle.   
      
   3) If a train has blocked the crossing for a long period of time.   
      
   4) If the train is derailing.   
      
   5) If there is a fire observed, or hazardous material leakage.   
      
   6) If the gates are down, and no train is in sight.    
      
     In southwest Little Rock, I've notified Union Pacific Railroad several times    
   of instances such as these.   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... Try to beat a train to a railroad crossing?? You'll be DEAD WRONG.   
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