From: lfsheldon@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/20/2015 14:08, Denis McMahon wrote:   
      
   > If I was in such a situation, I think I would aim my vehicle at any gap I   
   > thought it would fit through and force my way off of the crossing.   
   > Perhaps that's what she tried to do, but she was too late.   
      
      
   I have two-stage plan for dealing with a trapped-on-the-tracks event.   
      
   Stage 1.  Under no conceivable circumstance will I ever foul the tracks   
   without an absolute certainty that I can clear the tracks.  Yes I   
   know--there is vulnerability there--I could have an axle break or some   
   other such terribly unlikely (but still technically "conceivable")event.   
      
   Stage 2. (nanoseconds after stage 1 failure is observed) Evacuate and   
   abandon the vehicle and run (herding other occupants if any) up-stream   
   (toward the on-coming train) on a path parallel to the tracks, as far   
   away from them as possible.   
      
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