Then don't @#$%& when accidents like this happen. As for the driver, I know I am prejudiced, but NO ONE, UP,NDOT, or the NHP is ever going know the exact cause or what went on in the cab of that tractor

Fred Wrote:
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> 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.