Normally I would agree with you, but a rural crossing at night with black painted train cars and the locomotive being a half mile down the tracks where you don't hear it anymore.....I've almost ran into a crossing train myself. You may think it is easy to see them, but it is harder than you realize or will be willing to admit.Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:Put that right up there with warning labels on dry cleaning bags, warning for toddlers to not play with buckets and abandoned refrigerators, and making sure Tide Pods have a warning on them not to eat.schmellba99 said:This was one of the more common types of vehicle/train accidents for a long time if memory serves - especially at intersections that didn't have drop gates and flashing lights. One reason why you see the mandate that all train cars have reflective tape on them towards the bottom now - so that theoretically at unprotected intersections, your lights will bounce off that tape and you'll be better able to tell there is a train.Aggie1944s Kid said:
I'm a traffic controller for a RR. One area of a territory I work is 10 MPH for the entire section (over 90 miles). Had a crossing accident once years ago. Woman in a car was not hit by the train, rather she hit the train. She literally ran into the side of the train and it wasn't as if she was trying to beat the train. She hit the side of it about 40 cars deep. Very odd.
We are such an utter failure as a self accountability society now.
Reflective tape is cheap and easy to install and does wonders, I have absolutely no issue with it.