If the gates are down, don't go around
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In my neck of the woods...
Link to videoEastbound freight stopped just west of the crossing, causing the gates to be down, and stay down. It's in the middle track of a three-track right-of-way.
Woman decides she's tired of waiting, and goes around the gates. She can't see the eastbound Metra commuter train on the southernmost track.
She walked away, and that's a miracle. Had she been half a second faster, she would have been hit broadside with fatal results.
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How stupid! I saw a video (maybe @George-K posted) a long time ago about the same situation, but it was a walker who went around the gates. And unfortunately, he was killed.
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How stupid! I saw a video (maybe @George-K posted) a long time ago about the same situation, but it was a walker who went around the gates. And unfortunately, he was killed.
@taiwan_girl this is not the first time that this has happened in my neighborhood. There was a cyclist who did the same thing.
Gates Down: Don't Go Round.
About 6 months ago, in my neighborhood, someone was killed by the westbound California Zephyr. Apparently, he was trespassing on the right-of-way, wearing headphones/earbuds, and didn't hear the train coming up behind him.
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