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Re: Sacramento Light Rail proves too heavy for this driver.
Author: Severe Duty
Date: 01-31-2012 - 07:38
Holly Gibson Wrote:
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> Wow...90 seconds. That's enough time to wait
> patiently, then wonder where the train is, soon
> become annoyed, begin to consider doing something
> risky, then making the decision to do just that
> out of pure, hot frustration.
>
> If the motorist became impatient because the gates
> came down too soon, that would have given him the
> perfect opportunity to reach for his personal
> electronic device and start text messaging his
> frustrations to everyone on his Facebook friends
> list. He would have been illegally texting, but
> he'd still be alive.
>
> So now it's not enough to have flashing red
> lights, gates and ringing bells to stop motorists.
> Such devices now have to be finely tuned in their
> activation so as not to annoy motorists and
> deprive them of their patience if they're
> activated for too long.
>
> Yeah, it's everyone's fault buy the motorist!
>
> Sheesh!
Don't misunderstand me. It is not in defense of any driver who makes that bad choice. The point is simply as I put it, and I suspect that is what wound up happening. It's not any more than that.
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> Wow...90 seconds. That's enough time to wait
> patiently, then wonder where the train is, soon
> become annoyed, begin to consider doing something
> risky, then making the decision to do just that
> out of pure, hot frustration.
>
> If the motorist became impatient because the gates
> came down too soon, that would have given him the
> perfect opportunity to reach for his personal
> electronic device and start text messaging his
> frustrations to everyone on his Facebook friends
> list. He would have been illegally texting, but
> he'd still be alive.
>
> So now it's not enough to have flashing red
> lights, gates and ringing bells to stop motorists.
> Such devices now have to be finely tuned in their
> activation so as not to annoy motorists and
> deprive them of their patience if they're
> activated for too long.
>
> Yeah, it's everyone's fault buy the motorist!
>
> Sheesh!
Don't misunderstand me. It is not in defense of any driver who makes that bad choice. The point is simply as I put it, and I suspect that is what wound up happening. It's not any more than that.
