Three killed at RR crossing

[ironglow]

  Looks like a grandpa, grandma & grandson, were killed at RR crossing..

      https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/emergency-crews-on-scene-of-crash-involving-train-passenger-vehicle-in-nt/article_290663ce-14ad-11ef-beaa-d3aa93895602.htm

      Caught between drop bars, observers said the driver was trying to back around the drop bar, when he was struck by the
   Amtrack engine.

  There have been other incidents there in recent years.  Locals say there is a situation where somehow, motorists take a turn immediately before
   the crossing , and somehow are surprised when the arms drop.

  If the bars were so heavy that gramps felt it necessary to back around the arm..perhaps some lighter, emergency break-away arms would be in
   order.
  Another incident there..  https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/car-struck-by-amtrak-train-in-north-tonawanda/article_59467a6a-b477-11ee-8330-dfbaae810600.html

   Itis apparently a fairly busy crossing, since many drive from North tonawanda & north Buffalo..to fill their tanks at the Tonawanda Indian
    reservation.

[GTS225]

I hate to speak ill of the deceased, but when are some of these bipeds going to realize that a situation like that means you DRIVE THROUGH THE ARMS?  The damage to your car is going to be a hell of a lot less than being hit by 2000 tons of moving freight train.

Roger

[Mule 11]

I hate to speak ill of the deceased, but when are some of these bipeds going to realize that a situation like that means you DRIVE THROUGH THE ARMS?  The damage to your car is going to be a hell of a lot less than being hit by 2000 tons of moving freight train.

Roger

I watched a negroe fly past me at night in the winter on the highway, swerved to avoid hitting a hollow barrel then slam into the cement divider and change seats with his girlfriend?

[Ranger99]

My late mother was one of the bad
elderly drivers. One of the last times
i rode with her driving she very nearly
took us out by turning where she
didn't have the right of way, more
or less was an illegal turn. The fast
oncoming traffic missed us by inches.
Can't speak about the elderly train
wreck since I don't know the details,
but I can say that here the RR signals
sound the bell CLANG-CLANG-CLANG-
CLANG-CLANG-CLANG-CLANG-CLANG! ! !
and the alternating large flashing
bright red lights probably a good minute
before the barricade arms come down.
Plenty of time to get stopped safely.
It's completely paw-paw's fault that
maw-maw and the grandchildren
are dead
There's no making excuses for
his ineptness

[gypsyman]

I hate to speak ill of the deceased, but when are some of these bipeds going to realize that a situation like that means you DRIVE THROUGH THE ARMS?  The damage to your car is going to be a hell of a lot less than being hit by 2000 tons of moving freight train.

Roger

I watched a negroe fly past me at night in the winter on the highway, swerved to avoid hitting a hollow barrel then slam into the cement divider and change seats with his girlfriend?

  Whoever was driving and got caught between the crossing arms, may have froze up, and unfortunately they all paid the price. As far as the car passing you Mule11 in the winter time. Hopefully, they haven't procreated before their stupidity kicked in. Kinda like the video I seen on a sight called the Darwin Awards. When a guy gets out of his car, to take a selfie with a bison in Yellowstone Park. And the bison gives him a toss over his head, and you can see were the bison's horns went right were the sun don't shine!! If he wasn't gay before that, if he lived, he might be gay now!!!

[Mule 11]

I hate to speak ill of the deceased, but when are some of these bipeds going to realize that a situation like that means you DRIVE THROUGH THE ARMS?  The damage to your car is going to be a hell of a lot less than being hit by 2000 tons of moving freight train.

Roger

I watched a negroe fly past me at night in the winter on the highway, swerved to avoid hitting a hollow barrel then slam into the cement divider and change seats with his girlfriend?

  Whoever was driving and got caught between the crossing arms, may have froze up, and unfortunately they all paid the price. As far as the car passing you Mule11 in the winter time. Hopefully, they haven't procreated before their stupidity kicked in. Kinda like the video I seen on a sight called the Darwin Awards. When a guy gets out of his car, to take a selfie with a bison in Yellowstone Park. And the bison gives him a toss over his head, and you can see were the bison's horns went right were the sun don't shine!! If he wasn't gay before that, if he lived, he might be gay now!!!

How about the guy that walked behind a cow moose shielding it’s baby in a store front door as if nothing was gonna happen ...

[DDZ]

The driver obviously has enough wits to be operating a motor vehicle. Wonder first what he was doing to get stuck between crossbars. Then being stuck between crossbars would indicate a train is coming.  At that point common sense should take over, and either drive through the crossbar, or exit the car and get off the tracks.  It wouldn't take high intelligence to tell someone they need to get off the tracks quickly. There is a chance the driver shouldn't have been driving period.   

[Bob Riebe]

As I have learnd the hard, but not fatal way -- stupidity has just rewards.