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Re: The UP Police at the Davis Amtrak Station on Friday Nights
Author: DCA
Date: 04-02-2011 - 17:04
Another pedestrian was killed a day or two ago in Mt. Vernon, WA, this an 18-year old walking to school on the track with a hoodie and some kind of a headset or earphones. Didn't seem to hear the BNSF freight approaching at 40 mph from behind. Once again Darwin's theory comes into play.
No matter what your views on government, cops or the nanny state, as a former railroader who has many times witnessed from the cab stupid actions on the part of people who just can't understand the reality that railroad tracks are a dangerous place to be, I believe that you should not blame the railroads for trying to reduce the fatality rate in the few ways that they have available to them.
No matter what your views on government, cops or the nanny state, as a former railroader who has many times witnessed from the cab stupid actions on the part of people who just can't understand the reality that railroad tracks are a dangerous place to be, I believe that you should not blame the railroads for trying to reduce the fatality rate in the few ways that they have available to them.
