From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 26-Feb-15 09:47, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
      
   >>I've argued for tire spike or unemployed East German border guards to   
   >>ensure the death of the motorist.   
      
   >>I'd also like a plate in the road to open so the car or truck   
   >>attempting to violate the grade crossing ends up in a ditch below the   
   >>level of the rail.   
      
   >>I've seen steel barriers at truck entrances to government office   
   >>buildings post Oklahoma City. It would make a fine solution at grade   
   >>crossings.   
      
   >FHWA regulations prohibit any "fixed deadly object" in a public roadway;   
   >what folks (even the govt) can do on private property, however, is   
   >limited only by their tolerance for civil lawsuits.   
      
   Strangely, FhWA isn't writing regulations with safety of the railroad   
   in mind. Either the standard should be coordinated in the Office of Secretary   
   or Congress needs to change the law.   
      
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