From: jock@soccer.com   
      
   On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:46:01 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >>On Monday, February 16, 2015 at 10:08:46 AM UTC-5, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >   
   >>>. . . to determine the driver's intent, after she's dead and can't be   
   >>>made to answer questions?   
   >   
   >>Her actions were witnessed by several people, and investigators can   
   >>learn a great deal from that.  There are numerous other sources of   
   >>information that need to be checked.   
   >   
   >The main eye witness has been interviewed in the press. But I'm sure the   
   >press got it completely wrong.   
      
   But you're speculating, of course?   
      
   >>There have been suicides on RR crossings before.  I don't know if that   
   >>was the case here, but it is a possibility.   
   >   
   >What does this speculation on your part have to do with any determination   
   >NTSB might make?   
      
   See above.   
      
   >>>What does being a resident of the area have to do with anything? She   
   >>>KNOWINGLY violated a grade crossing, then KNOWINGLY drove her vehicle   
   >>>directly into the path of the oncoming train.   
   >   
   >>A local resident is more likely to know better that get caught on a busy   
   >>RR crossing like that.   
   >   
   >You're an idiot, hancock. The gate was down. The train was coming. She   
   >didn't need to live there to understand that driving her vehicle directly   
   >into the path of the train would cause death, versus just backing up after   
   >her initial error.   
   >   
   >She doesn't need to know how many trains per hour use that main line,   
   >given that she knew there was a specific train coming and she could   
   >see it coming.   
      
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