From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:34:57 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
   >   
   It could hinge on the interpretation of "deadly". If the road has a   
   suitable speed limit over the crossing then e.g. a rising post only   
   becomes deadly above a certain speed.   
      
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