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Re: Revoke the right to enter BNSF property
Author: Wait...WHAT?
Date: 10-02-2012 - 22:21
Carol L. Voss Wrote:
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> Michael Mahoney Wrote:
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> > My take on it: The driver had probably been up
> > since about 4 a.m. and was trying to get in one
> > more load. The site was about halfway between
> > Hanford and Corcoran; the train may have been
> > going line speed of 79 mph, but at some point
> it
> > was going to have to slow for the stop at
> > Corcoran.
> >
> > The driver unquestionably saw the train, but
> saw
> > that it was short and moving fast. Drivers
> don't
> > like to make unnecessary stops, especially if
> they
> > are buying their own fuel. He saw that, if he
> > stopped at the gate, by the time he got there
> the
> > train would have passed and the gate would be
> > going up. So why not cruise past the gate at 15
> > mph or so and save a stop? By the time the
> truck
> > gets to the track the train will have passed.
> >
> > Except that it hadn't. By the time the driver
> saw
> > this, it was too late to stop.
> >
> > Quite aside from paying for the thing, I'm
> > thinking of a charge of reckless driving
> resulting
> > in injury. A conviction on that charge will
> > probably mean a revocation of his driving
> > privilege, and he will have to find some other
> > line of work.
>
>
> I think you have probably hit this squarely right
> on the nailhead. I agree with your analysis.
> C.
FIND ANOTHER LINE OF WORK? Why bother if he's illegal anyway? Just change your name from Macario Medina to Frederico Baptista or something else and keep on driving. AND, the curve at Guernsey (where 703 was pulling out of) is NOT 79MPH, it's 65. Besides, Kansas Ave. is a major pain in the ass as it is. THAT crossing is hugely busy ALL THE TIME. And it was a truck hauling cotton seed, which is fed to cows. It is very light and loose, even when jammed in by a Bobcat. It probaly did not meet the GVW criteria for regualtion.
Just a few years ago, a truck hauling lemon peel (more cow chow) went around/through the gates at the same spot, but plowed into a westbound Amtrak train, with minor derailment, injuries and a lot of grief.
Since we can't cure stupid, how about an overpass instead of making Haliburton, et. al. rich on the other side of the world?
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> Michael Mahoney Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > My take on it: The driver had probably been up
> > since about 4 a.m. and was trying to get in one
> > more load. The site was about halfway between
> > Hanford and Corcoran; the train may have been
> > going line speed of 79 mph, but at some point
> it
> > was going to have to slow for the stop at
> > Corcoran.
> >
> > The driver unquestionably saw the train, but
> saw
> > that it was short and moving fast. Drivers
> don't
> > like to make unnecessary stops, especially if
> they
> > are buying their own fuel. He saw that, if he
> > stopped at the gate, by the time he got there
> the
> > train would have passed and the gate would be
> > going up. So why not cruise past the gate at 15
> > mph or so and save a stop? By the time the
> truck
> > gets to the track the train will have passed.
> >
> > Except that it hadn't. By the time the driver
> saw
> > this, it was too late to stop.
> >
> > Quite aside from paying for the thing, I'm
> > thinking of a charge of reckless driving
> resulting
> > in injury. A conviction on that charge will
> > probably mean a revocation of his driving
> > privilege, and he will have to find some other
> > line of work.
>
>
> I think you have probably hit this squarely right
> on the nailhead. I agree with your analysis.
> C.
FIND ANOTHER LINE OF WORK? Why bother if he's illegal anyway? Just change your name from Macario Medina to Frederico Baptista or something else and keep on driving. AND, the curve at Guernsey (where 703 was pulling out of) is NOT 79MPH, it's 65. Besides, Kansas Ave. is a major pain in the ass as it is. THAT crossing is hugely busy ALL THE TIME. And it was a truck hauling cotton seed, which is fed to cows. It is very light and loose, even when jammed in by a Bobcat. It probaly did not meet the GVW criteria for regualtion.
Just a few years ago, a truck hauling lemon peel (more cow chow) went around/through the gates at the same spot, but plowed into a westbound Amtrak train, with minor derailment, injuries and a lot of grief.
Since we can't cure stupid, how about an overpass instead of making Haliburton, et. al. rich on the other side of the world?
