Drew Jacksich Wrote:
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> Great to blame the driver and trucking company,
> blame the UP, or most anyone else. I have never
> hear a word about the culpability of the Nevada
> Department of Transportation. To many, that
> crossing is in the middle of nowhere but there is
> always a fair amount of traffic. It was only the
> luck of the draw that it involved an Amtrak train.
> Had it been a westbound manifest or grain train,
> it would have been only a news footnote. My
> question becomes, why in the hell has NDOT never
> improved that crossing with an overpass? Plenty of
> dirt out there for fill material. They built a
> big four lane over pass on I-80 across the now
> Nevada Northern between Cobre and Shafter that saw
> only two or three trains a week if that.
For an individual who screams 2nd Amendment rights, lower taxes and less government, you are sure quick to spend my tax dollars. At some point it becomes an issue of individual responsibility.