But now the train blocks the crossing, if help would be needed from the other side (for example, an ambulance), then it would be bad and it has to go a detour. The train should stop at a position after the accident.
edhoc2 In many instances, the head end of the train might be 2 miles from the point of impact with another mile behind it. In some parts of the country 15,000+ ton trains are 15,000 feet long.
I can't comprehend why a person in a vehicle that "gets stuck" on a track with an oncoming train like this can't figure out they can use their big powerful car to move the flimsy signal arms out of the way so they can get off the track before the bigger and more powerful train smashes your car to bits.
From where it's sitting, there may be a car in front of the van, in front of the arms. Could also be true of behind. Also, could be driver panicked and froze (except, thank goodness, for getting out). The news stories say essentially nothing
If my car was on a track between two gates, my thoughts wouldn't be on fines or damages to gates. My thoughts would be getting the heck out of that situation before that train creams me. Gates can be replaced. If someone is in my way, well I will be plowing them out of the way. All damages can be settled after I'm safe.
There is a stop light in front of them, and there may be a car - it slopes down to the right. Could be one sitting there waiting to turn right - at nearly every light in town, there is a No Turn on Red sign - but it looks like the traffic on the cross street keeps going, so their light must've been red - and with the slope of the road and the hedge, it's not clear if someone was there.
Yep. And that at relatively low speed. Been on a 250 ton passenger train once that went into emergency doing 140 km/h (87 mp/h) you just can't imagine what will happen and how it feels like. It's no joke and never wish to live through that again.
@@foosington What you can't see in the photo is there are gates on "both" sides of the tracks. It's unable to tell if there would have been enough room to get completely out of the trains way and at the same time,that probably never crossed their mind in the state of panic mode someone would be in under those conditions.
The gates are meant to be broken if you get stuck on the tracks. They are quite bendy and wobbly. But I do get how people would react to this situation when they are boxed in a place and got just a few seconds to react.
I had 16 of these incidents during my 42 years, (35 running an eng.) seems people either have their head where the sun won't shine, or believe the train can stop on a dime.
I know what you mean. Knock on wood I have only had two of these in 20 years. Both we're alot slower than this.....low impact. But still destroyed two vehicles. Luckily no one was hurt.
@@Savannah_prepping1 Exactly! Rubber on asphalt can stop on a dime. Steel wheels on steel rails can't! Plus all the weight of the LOCOMOTIVES AND the train!
My condolences bro. I know an engineer up here in Canada who managed to hit the same person twice at the same crossing a few months apart. How's that for luck?
Right. The train crew may have seen the man and woman jump out of the car just in time but they wouldn't have known whether there was anyone else still in the car.
@@damienadamek678 Watched a truck "break" one off in ND. Most look to be made of thin aluminum, and the mounts that connect the arm to the pivoting part seem to be designed to break away.
I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but in case you need to get out in a hurry, always run diagonally away from the tracks and in the direction of the oncoming train to avoid being hit by any debris.
@@tux_the_astronaut The car seems to move vorward to free one track. The driver would have expected that the train uses the right-hand track, which a train usually does (depends on the country), but it's normal or at least possible to use any track in both directions. So the car driver made the wrong assumption.
Some barrier arms are made of iron so not everybody knows that the ones on railroad crossings are made of flimsy wood. If you destroy the front of your car you may be still on the tracks and now unable to get out of your vehicle.
There were two people in the car, and neither of them could decide to drive straight through the gate. Ironically, the gate that they were afraid of hitting was subsequently destroyed.
I am a retired Road Engineer off of the Union Pacific RR in New Orleans. It took from the impact at 0:39 to 1:50 to come to a complete stop. Although this was a loaded train it was relatively light as loaded trains go. If the containers are fully loaded they are only about 25 tons each. So the gross weight of each compartment is around 75 to 80 tons with two loaded containers. As compared to a loaded grain, coal, or oil train etc is 141.5 tons per car. After impact the three locomotives and 50 compartments crossed the roadway. So the train traveled about 3,400 to 3,500 feet after the impact before stopping. I believe the engineer had put the train in emergency before impact. Probably 300 to 500 feet before impact. I was listening for the emergency application but could not hear one. It was probably drowned out by the horn.
Even your insurance company (which does hate you) would rather pay to replace the crossing arm and some scuffs on the hood and roof of the car than pay to repair the front of the locomotive (the locos will take minimal damage, the railings and stairs may get messed up, but the railway will bill not only for the repairs, but the time the loco was out of service).
Forbes Hutton Not entirely true. Railroads rarely seek damages in cases like this. They do pursue vandalism and damages by customers though. It’s only been recent years that railroads quit paying families of crossing incidents. NS would almost immediately give a family money for funeral expenses. It’s to my understanding the BLE requested these funds go to railroad workers to help them recover from watching people get squashed like a bug.
An unlicensed driver - maybe DMV/police know what they're doing when they revoke or don't issue licenses - of course, maybe he never applied for one - some are above the law and don't need to do such things.
You know... The gates are made to bend in an emergency to allow a trapped vehicle to push its' way through a crossing gate if it needs to (which in this case definitely did). So tell me now... WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT? I mean really now...
Finding this crossing on Google Maps reveals that there are a couple of signs posted stating "DO NOT STOP ON TRACKS". I have no idea why people choose to ignore these signs. They're posted there to prevent train/auto collisions, but people do it regardless thinking that this sort of thing will never happen to them. At least they were smart enough to bail out and run before the train hits their car. The impact of the train is surely going to be felt on their insurance bill.
I see some chick with a purse over her shoulder, who like casually picks up her glasses in front of her car like she dropped em, and continues to casually walk off randomly
Erika Fuzzbottom yes it did that's what happens on this channel you can look at all different places where they have cameras set up out in Washington state Kentucky all over the place and you can sit there and log on it anytime and watch The Crossings where they're set up and watch trains go by
The general public just doesn't realize it takes over a MILE to stop a long Intermodal train, which I assume also had a DPU and was running maximum track speed. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN and LIVE. Oh, when caught in this situation, RUN TOWARD the train, as when it hits, the vehicle it hits will be propelled the same direction the train is moving.!
Time for some math someone mentioned it took 44 rail car lengths for it to come to a stop, I imagine those are 53-foot containers so the rail cars will be about 60-foot long. So that's half a mile right there in all likelyhood the engineer would have slammed on the brakes way before he hit the car so we will add a quarter of a mile for that. So this one took atleast 3/4 of a mile to stop.
I guess when you go into panic mode your brain switches off and you don't realize ramming the gate will only cost about $300 in cosmetic repairs vs write-off.
This stuff happens because getting a license now is just treated like a meaningless right that everyone automatically gets, so they hand them out like candy. Last time I was at the DMV I saw people cheating with the books right next to them. People working there seeing them doing it and say nothing. The people turned the test in and still failed.
As much as we've seen idiot drivers(which I agree on) and the results of it, this one looks like right as they started to cross, the gates came down and they got caught.
The siren heard at 1:50 sounds like it is going away from the immediate area as if it is on a different call or maybe on the wrong side of the tracks. Then from 2:58 to the end between the hot rodding vehicle and the nearby tree trimmers you do not hear any other clearly discernible sirens.
Ya know the little stick thingy that gets your car ready to go? If you move it one click, instead of three, you can actually make the car go backwards. Neat little lifehack that might have been useful here.
Would it be alright with you Railfan to use this clip in my upcoming road madness compilation on my channel? Credit, links in the description, and name on the screen, as always will be provided. Look forward to your response.
Playing in Google found this from a news source, WFMY 2, "Police say Bustos didn't have a driver's license.", "Bustos was given two citations for No Operator's License and Obstruction of Railroad Crossing. "
This is the type of video they need to show in drivers ed classes. Break the gates not your car, and don’t allow yourself to get stuck in the gates. This is the type of accident that can wipe out your insurance policy, not to mention get you killed.
@@seahorsecorral Even better still, don't drive across the railroad crossing unless you can make it safely to the other side in 20 seconds or less and never while the signals are active! I would say more than 1/4 of the crossing incidents I was involved with were people who stopped on the tracks at a red light adjacent to the crossing. The whole concept of leaving an intersection open in case conditions change is foreign to people. If it's a busy intersection, they will block it and cross traffic can't cross. If on the other hand it's a railroad crossing, I assure you the train is going to cross anyway.
VERY lucky to be alive! If you look closely someone is fleeing the car in the opposite direction from the train. This is exactly what you are supposed to do in this case. No matter what the reason for the car on the tracks, these people avoided serious injury and most likely death. This should be a great training video for Operation Lifesaver!
I had to look at this a few times and the description to see what happened. The trains hits the car and it flies like a kicked can at about 40 seconds into the video. I didn't see it at first because I was looking at the train. I don't blame the couple - it happened too fast for the logic to kick in.
Hi my name is Stephanie Bunao and I am with the Charlotte Observer. Do you mind if I publish this video on our site and others across the McClatchy company such as the News and Observer and The State?
Oh nooo!!!.... I cant just push on through the gate!!... I might scratch my car!!!.... I'll just leave it here and let the train hit it!!....SMH ........ Ive seen a lot of videos like this. What are they thinking????
I FIGURED IT OUT, it turns out the driver of the car didn't have a valid drivers licence (which probably means he came here illegally) and might have had a fear that if he broke the gate that there might be a camera watching him [turns out there was ;) ] and they might track him down and deport him.
If you look to the left closely, you can people climbing on the train to get to the other side when the train stopped, they were getting to the other side to see if the driver was okay.
A husband and wife couple escaped just seconds before their Chrysler minivan was struck. It was caught between the crossing gates. The 37-year old driver was cited for driving without a license, and obstruction of a railroad crossing. There were no injuries - except for the car.
Why was there only a poll to stop them on the other side from exiting the tracks, but not from entering? Is there one on both sides? Every one I've seen in real life had that. I see the poll go down on the opposite side, but not on their side where they enter. Also, yes. It is better to drive through the poll than to leave the car there to be crashed into.
DID she get out safely? I was stopping / starting the video at the moment of impact and it LOOKED like the woman ONLY went as far away as the HEDGE---and THAT is where all the DEBRIS went from the car when it was hit. Did she not even know better than to RUN, and get as far away as possible? Does anyone know if she was hit by flying debris? Also, whoever this was got out on the PASSENGER side--NOT the driver's side. IS this the driver, and she just went out on that side? Or did the DRIVER stay in the car and this was only the PASSENGER who got out? Please share if any details known.
onlycountrymouse That's what I was wondering. I think they made it out safe, it was definitely a close call for them. They were seconds away from impact.
Ethan the Railfanner yes Ethan they will definitely put up a new signal that's all a part of the higher speeds of trains and Crossing protection by reason of having quad Crossings for signals to on each side with full gate closure
I did not see anyone get out. Driver proceeded thru crossing as the bell and lights started like they had all day. After all don’t all trains move slow as a snail? NOT.
So, it looked like a passenger got out. I didn't see the driver get out. Also looks like the van stalled, but upon reading the description, it was a panic?
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Good example of just how long it takes to stop a loaded train in emergency.
I thought the same thing. Not QUITE on a dime, but impressive.
That was pretty fast emergency stop actually, the train wasn't going very fast, in some cases it'll take longer to stop
But now the train blocks the crossing, if help would be needed from the other side (for example, an ambulance), then it would be bad and it has to go a detour. The train should stop at a position after the accident.
edhoc2 Well, I guess that's one more reason why you shouldn't put your car in front of a moving train!
edhoc2 In many instances, the head end of the train might be 2 miles from the point of impact with another mile behind it. In some parts of the country 15,000+ ton trains are 15,000 feet long.
I can't comprehend why a person in a vehicle that "gets stuck" on a track with an oncoming train like this can't figure out they can use their big powerful car to move the flimsy signal arms out of the way so they can get off the track before the bigger and more powerful train smashes your car to bits.
From where it's sitting, there may be a car in front of the van, in front of the arms. Could also be true of behind. Also, could be driver panicked and froze (except, thank goodness, for getting out). The news stories say essentially nothing
There's no car in front of them in the video, they simply got stuck in between the gates and just sat there...
alot of people are afraid of getting fined or a ticket for busting the gate. I'd rather take a $100+ dollar ticket over my car anyday...
If my car was on a track between two gates, my thoughts wouldn't be on fines or damages to gates. My thoughts would be getting the heck out of that situation before that train creams me. Gates can be replaced. If someone is in my way, well I will be plowing them out of the way. All damages can be settled after I'm safe.
There is a stop light in front of them, and there may be a car - it slopes down to the right. Could be one sitting there waiting to turn right - at nearly every light in town, there is a No Turn on Red sign - but it looks like the traffic on the cross street keeps going, so their light must've been red - and with the slope of the road and the hedge, it's not clear if someone was there.
Even after impact, it still took the train 1 minute and 11 seconds for it to come to a complete stop from carrying all that weight
And that’s an intermodal train which is a light train in terms of tonnage. Imagine if this was a 130 car manifest or a loaded coal train.
Yep. And that at relatively low speed. Been on a 250 ton passenger train once that went into emergency doing 140 km/h (87 mp/h) you just can't imagine what will happen and how it feels like. It's no joke and never wish to live through that again.
@@weeardguy What part, if I may ask? The stop itself, or what I assume to be the collision?
The train alone weighs like 85 tons.
If ever there was a good reason to smash the gas pedal and break the gate, that is it!!!
Doug Elick or just back up
Doug Elick They didn't want to scratch the hood!
The sad yet ironic thing is if you look closely the gate _and_ the signal gets taken out by the car anyway.
@@foosington What you can't see in the photo is there are gates on "both" sides of the tracks. It's unable to tell if there would have been enough room to get completely out of the trains way and at the same time,that probably never crossed their mind in the state of panic mode someone would be in under those conditions.
The gates are meant to be broken if you get stuck on the tracks. They are quite bendy and wobbly. But I do get how people would react to this situation when they are boxed in a place and got just a few seconds to react.
I had 16 of these incidents during my 42 years, (35 running an eng.) seems people either have their head where the sun won't shine, or believe the train can stop on a dime.
I know what you mean.
Knock on wood I have only had two of these in 20 years.
Both we're alot slower than this.....low impact.
But still destroyed two vehicles. Luckily no one was hurt.
Many believe a train can stop like a car just like they think a 18-wheeler can stop like a car
@@Savannah_prepping1 Exactly! Rubber on asphalt can stop on a dime. Steel wheels on steel rails can't! Plus all the weight of the LOCOMOTIVES AND the train!
My condolences bro. I know an engineer up here in Canada who managed to hit the same person twice at the same crossing a few months apart. How's that for luck?
@@GaryCameron780 Suicide attempt, or not learning the first time?
Can’t you just hear the engineer as this was unfolding - “oh s••• here we go again”
Which minute?
Then right when the train hits the van I hear f*ck then when the engines pass I hear d*mnent
Right. The train crew may have seen the man and woman jump out of the car just in time but they wouldn't have known whether there was anyone else still in the car.
No it was the train that said it
When you get stuck in the gates, DRIVE! The gates are meant to break away for this purpose. (Escaping the oncoming train.)
Benjamin Esposti are they actually ment to break? I didn't think that was possible
Is that true?
@@damienadamek678 It is true. The gates will break away if you hit them.
What if they hated the car and the just left it there to be destroyed
@@damienadamek678 Watched a truck "break" one off in ND. Most look to be made of thin aluminum, and the mounts that connect the arm to the pivoting part seem to be designed to break away.
I imagine the stream went crazy witnessing this.
Yeah defiantly
Grammar nazis.
General Grievous that’s beyond funny! Hah
I really wanna see the live chat replay when this happened.
@@electric7487 same lol
Conductor was probably thinking, "Great. Now I have to walk all the way back there."
Dave Casey probably
Conductor: "Yeah Dispatcher, I need a Crew van at..."
lol
@@SD40Fan_Jason XD
nope..... reluctant and not wanting to have to go back and see whats inside. possibly still alive crying for help. etc.
You get exercise lol
I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but in case you need to get out in a hurry, always run diagonally away from the tracks and in the direction of the oncoming train to avoid being hit by any debris.
I was wondering if someone had mentioned that. It appears you were the first.
Everyone was like break the gate, but this is better since you don’t have to pay anything. Unless the train stops.
@@Adumzzinthehouseexcept you have to pay for a new car? I'm guessing a new crossing arm is cheaper
@@tsherwood2112 Don’t worry I got insurance
“Train vs car - car loses big time”
I don’t think the car EVER wins.
Or if the “car” is a gasoline tanker
This statement is Truthful and correct.
Sometimes there is no winner, train hits vehicle, train derail sometime
Unless the car is a tank.
Unless the train doesn’t weigh that much🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dell Griffith: “This isn't so bad. I thought it'd be a lot worse than this. They'll be able to buff this out no problem."
Ram the gate out of the way! Look at it this way, it’s the car, your life, or a replaceable crossing gate
Well it could of backed up a little and the train would just make it bye
Well, I'm not sure about all gates. But they look pretty flimsy on most crossings.
@@tux_the_astronaut The car seems to move vorward to free one track. The driver would have expected that the train uses the right-hand track, which a train usually does (depends on the country), but it's normal or at least possible to use any track in both directions. So the car driver made the wrong assumption.
Some barrier arms are made of iron so not everybody knows that the ones on railroad crossings are made of flimsy wood. If you destroy the front of your car you may be still on the tracks and now unable to get out of your vehicle.
Looks like the crossing gate (and the whole signal) needed to be replaced!
There were two people in the car, and neither of them could decide to drive straight through the gate. Ironically, the gate that they were afraid of hitting was subsequently destroyed.
I’m guessing that the two are now deceased. Let me know if you get time to reply.
@@GhostRider-re7iv They got out in time I think
@@GhostRider-re7ivthey both got out luckily
Read the description, "In a moment of panic"
I am a retired Road Engineer off of the Union Pacific RR in New Orleans. It took from the impact at 0:39 to 1:50 to come to a complete stop. Although this was a loaded train it was relatively light as loaded trains go. If the containers are fully loaded they are only about 25 tons each. So the gross weight of each compartment is around 75 to 80 tons with two loaded containers. As compared to a loaded grain, coal, or oil train etc is 141.5 tons per car. After impact the three locomotives and 50 compartments crossed the roadway. So the train traveled about 3,400 to 3,500 feet after the impact before stopping. I believe the engineer had put the train in emergency before impact. Probably 300 to 500 feet before impact. I was listening for the emergency application but could not hear one. It was probably drowned out by the horn.
Even if you sell the driver's brain online -no one will buy it.
I'd buy it. I want one that's never been used.
Abbie something, Abbie-normal. Too bad they survived, was a little bleach for the gene pool.
port566 uhm good point. Rarely used. No shipping just meet ups. Hehe =p
I mean someone might need some Catfish Bait or chum to draw the sharks in.
Use tbeir brains to make biofuel. Then have NS run it in one of their locomotives.
That'll buff out
When I get my ballot for the best comment EVER on a YT video, you got my vote.It's what men always say to any car bump-up.
lol
Lol
All it really needs is some wd-40
really - that back tire may rub on the bumper a bit - grease it up.
Would have loved to hear inside the cab as this happened. Can’t imagine what the train crew was thinking
And a new pair of underwear and jeans for the conductor and engineer.
Jesus the car litterly shattered like a pane of glass!
Even your insurance company (which does hate you) would rather pay to replace the crossing arm and some scuffs on the hood and roof of the car than pay to repair the front of the locomotive (the locos will take minimal damage, the railings and stairs may get messed up, but the railway will bill not only for the repairs, but the time the loco was out of service).
Forbes Hutton
Not entirely true. Railroads rarely seek damages in cases like this. They do pursue vandalism and damages by customers though.
It’s only been recent years that railroads quit paying families of crossing incidents. NS would almost immediately give a family money for funeral expenses. It’s to my understanding the BLE requested these funds go to railroad workers to help them recover from watching people get squashed like a bug.
Don't forget the crossing signal that was destroyed.
44 train cars before it’s stop. Goes to show how hard it is to stop a fully loaded train
It's because the train was going fast like 60-70 MPH
With how fast the train was going, it takes a mile and a half to come to a full stop. Literally like 10 football fields
That van got DEMOLISHED! Glad the idiots got out before impact.
Same. Tossed it like an angry baby holding a toy and throwing it. Also RIP crossing signal.
Gametrain Productions that crossing is fine
Look closer. One signal got wiped out with the van.
Sure glad they didn't have an infant in a child restraint in the car. Could have been truly tragic.
An unlicensed driver - maybe DMV/police know what they're doing when they revoke or don't issue licenses - of course, maybe he never applied for one - some are above the law and don't need to do such things.
Aaaand the kick is good!!
Shut up
@Derek Michelle lol
And it’s going and it’s going GOOOD
I smell insurance fraud....
I dont think theyd accept the claim if it was vs a train would they?
SouthCalifas619
good question hopefully someone has the answer
99% sure if your car gets hit by a train it's counted as your fault unless the crossing lights were malfunctioning
Or if the car actually can’t move off the tracks
he wouldn't know which main the train was running on. Plus it's 100% their fault
A moment of silence for the car.
The description said they escape from car before the inpact
@@queenmal6487 yeah, silence for the car, not the people
Hold on we gotta write this down... *grabs pen* Car: 0 Train: 1,000
F*ck you
Car: 0
Train: Infinity
They didn't want to crash through the crossing gates in fear of scratching their car
Hey J.A.S.O.N.
July
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You know... The gates are made to bend in an emergency to allow a trapped vehicle to push its' way through a crossing gate if it needs to (which in this case definitely did). So tell me now... WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT? I mean really now...
If I ever found myself in that situation , I'd just drive thru the gate . I would not just sit on the tracks and hope the train will stop in time .
But then, you would probably not drive under gates that are coming down in front of you, so you need not worry about it, right?
Finding this crossing on Google Maps reveals that there are a couple of signs posted stating "DO NOT STOP ON TRACKS". I have no idea why people choose to ignore these signs. They're posted there to prevent train/auto collisions, but people do it regardless thinking that this sort of thing will never happen to them. At least they were smart enough to bail out and run before the train hits their car. The impact of the train is surely going to be felt on their insurance bill.
My grandfather used to be an engineer on the Lehigh Valley RR. He hit 3 kids playing chicken on the tracks. The winner turned out to be the big loser.
They died?
@@damienadamek678 yes.
That's a lot of damage! Looks like a job for flex tape!
😁
Oh no! The tiny breakable barrier is stopping out 1 TON car! Quick get out so the 1000 TON Train can hit us!
10,000 ton train, if not more =D Just the engines alone almost weigh that 1000 tons
This explains a lot, the driver didn't have a valid licence
And he doesn't have a car
I see some chick with a purse over her shoulder, who like casually picks up her glasses in front of her car like she dropped em, and continues to casually walk off randomly
Did this happen live on this channel? That must've been scary for those watching at the time.
Erika Fuzzbottom yes it did that's what happens on this channel you can look at all different places where they have cameras set up out in Washington state Kentucky all over the place and you can sit there and log on it anytime and watch The Crossings where they're set up and watch trains go by
Conducter: ARE THEY DUMB? ITS YOUR LIFE OR A SAFETY GATE
Crossing gate: plz stop wait for the train to pass
This video needs to be shown in every drivers training class so people can see the devastation of train vs. car
The loco didn't even "shrug" when it hit the car.
Because it's super heavy
As we learn in physics class, f=ma, and the train has a lot of "m" and "a"
The engineers.....”What was that?”
@@dianemadigan3252 there is only one engineer, the rest is conductor, and brakeman
I was on the piedmont and saw the car on the side of the tracks when I went by.
That car literally blew up into pieces. That's why you should never race a train to a crossing
The general public just doesn't realize it takes over a MILE to stop a long Intermodal train, which I assume also had a DPU and was running maximum track speed. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN and LIVE. Oh, when caught in this situation, RUN TOWARD the train, as when it hits, the vehicle it hits will be propelled the same direction the train is moving.!
Did you watch the video. It did not take a MILE to stop this one.
Time for some math someone mentioned it took 44 rail car lengths for it to come to a stop, I imagine those are 53-foot containers so the rail cars will be about 60-foot long. So that's half a mile right there in all likelyhood the engineer would have slammed on the brakes way before he hit the car so we will add a quarter of a mile for that. So this one took atleast 3/4 of a mile to stop.
48 cars later, train stops.
It takes time to stop a train even in emergency brake application..
On average, at 45 MPH, it takes a fully loaded train more than the length of 18 football fields to stop in emergency.
That was a full emergency stop brake application.
He had the brake pedal to the floor... figuratively speaking
I guess when you go into panic mode your brain switches off and you don't realize ramming the gate will only cost about $300 in cosmetic repairs vs write-off.
I feel bad for the landscapers that have to replant grass and bushes
This stuff happens because getting a license now is just treated like a meaningless right that everyone automatically gets, so they hand them out like candy. Last time I was at the DMV I saw people cheating with the books right next to them. People working there seeing them doing it and say nothing. The people turned the test in and still failed.
As much as we've seen idiot drivers(which I agree on) and the results of it, this one looks like right as they started to cross, the gates came down and they got caught.
What a shock.
With every "right" comes responsibilities. People have forgotten that part.
wow emergency responders were their quick
If you are referring to the sound, that is a tree trimming crew working.
John Tolmachoff cool, didn't know tree trimmers had sirens now.
The siren heard at 1:50 sounds like it is going away from the immediate area as if it is on a different call or maybe on the wrong side of the tracks. Then from 2:58 to the end between the hot rodding vehicle and the nearby tree trimmers you do not hear any other clearly discernible sirens.
Hey state farm do I get covered for getting hit by a train?
Car:What a nice day! *hears horn* Wha?
Train:hey there friend!
Car: * SCREAMS AND BLOWS TO PECIES*
Train: oops e daze
Car:*cries*
😂
The Engineer: "Alright boys we're going on vacation".
Ya know the little stick thingy that gets your car ready to go? If you move it one click, instead of three, you can actually make the car go backwards. Neat little lifehack that might have been useful here.
Good Lord that is just like you are standing there.I have seen plenty of Train Crashes on Vidoe...but this is the realest on....that crash sound tho'!
Who saw the people jumping inboard at 1:53 at the crossing?
And this is why you stop when those gates start coming down.
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Playing in Google found this from a news source, WFMY 2, "Police say Bustos didn't have a driver's license.", "Bustos was given two citations for No Operator's License and Obstruction of Railroad Crossing. "
This is the type of video they need to show in drivers ed classes. Break the gates not your car, and don’t allow yourself to get stuck in the gates.
This is the type of accident that can wipe out your insurance policy, not to mention get you killed.
Better yet, everybody in drivers ed should learn to pull a trailer. That way they learn how to use their rear view mirror, and back up quickly.
@@seahorsecorral Even better still, don't drive across the railroad crossing unless you can make it safely to the other side in 20 seconds or less and never while the signals are active! I would say more than 1/4 of the crossing incidents I was involved with were people who stopped on the tracks at a red light adjacent to the crossing. The whole concept of leaving an intersection open in case conditions change is foreign to people. If it's a busy intersection, they will block it and cross traffic can't cross. If on the other hand it's a railroad crossing, I assure you the train is going to cross anyway.
VERY lucky to be alive! If you look closely someone is fleeing the car in the opposite direction from the train. This is exactly what you are supposed to do in this case. No matter what the reason for the car on the tracks, these people avoided serious injury and most likely death. This should be a great training video for Operation Lifesaver!
it takes from 0:30 to 1:50 to stop. they should show this video to every teenager in driving school and every adult before they get their license.
I had to look at this a few times and the description to see what happened. The trains hits the car and it flies like a kicked can at about 40 seconds into the video. I didn't see it at first because I was looking at the train.
I don't blame the couple - it happened too fast for the logic to kick in.
Every time i watch a vid of a train hitting a car its always norfolk southern lol
First of all, if you watch closely you can see the person get out before the hit, with that said, that train RUINED the resale value of that car!
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Oh nooo!!!.... I cant just push on through the gate!!... I might scratch my car!!!.... I'll just leave it here and let the train hit it!!....SMH
........ Ive seen a lot of videos like this. What are they thinking????
Maybe that they don't know what the barrier gates are made of?
That is very scary I'm glad that no one got hurt though. Always pay attention to railroad crossings ALWAYS!
How safe do you think it is the climb over loaded inrmotle
Wait, how do you put a car in reverse again. Oh boy.
*_As many have said, break the flimsy barrier and M O V E_*
I FIGURED IT OUT, it turns out the driver of the car didn't have a valid drivers licence (which probably means he came here illegally) and might have had a fear that if he broke the gate that there might be a camera watching him [turns out there was ;) ] and they might track him down and deport him.
That s why I'm cautious to the the point of paranoia at crossings
0:45 love that horn in the distance
Yup agree
even though you know whats going to happen, you just wish it wouldnt. i hate seeing this i hope i never witness this in person
Well the people got out so that good.
5 seconds of the crash and 5 minutes of a stopped train..................wow.
And you thought Germany fans had a bad day....
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AWESOME footage! I absolutely LOVE that flat, solid sound at the moment if impact - in that split second before all the shattering and braking.
This is what happens if you have the mindset of "oh, the train will stop before it hits me"
Bet the live stream was going nuts
I cannot believe that train hit that car and it was located in thomasville NC
the car just sat there until the train hit the car
Couldn’t be bothered to move. The educational system is getting worse by the month.
Where in Thomasville is this Railroad Crossing located? What is the name of that Church next to the gas station? Tnx :)
If you look to the left closely, you can people climbing on the train to get to the other side when the train stopped, they were getting to the other side to see if the driver was okay.
Proof that trains rule. Wasn’t even phased by it
What was being cut?
A husband and wife couple escaped just seconds before their Chrysler minivan was struck. It was caught between the crossing gates. The 37-year old driver was cited for driving without a license, and obstruction of a railroad crossing. There were no injuries - except for the car.
Another good video for drivers education.
Something kind of amazing seeing that much weight come to a stop that quickly
Why was there only a poll to stop them on the other side from exiting the tracks, but not from entering? Is there one on both sides? Every one I've seen in real life had that. I see the poll go down on the opposite side, but not on their side where they enter. Also, yes. It is better to drive through the poll than to leave the car there to be crashed into.
"Honey what do we do now?"
I don't know honey bunch, my college textbook just said to stop when the gate comes down"
"Ohhhhhhh"
DID she get out safely? I was stopping / starting the video at the moment of impact and it LOOKED like the woman ONLY went as far away as the HEDGE---and THAT is where all the DEBRIS went from the car when it was hit. Did she not even know better than to RUN, and get as far away as possible? Does anyone know if she was hit by flying debris? Also, whoever this was got out on the PASSENGER side--NOT the driver's side. IS this the driver, and she just went out on that side? Or did the DRIVER stay in the car and this was only the PASSENGER who got out? Please share if any details known.
onlycountrymouse That's what I was wondering. I think they made it out safe, it was definitely a close call for them. They were seconds away from impact.
I was wondering the same thing
Read the description. They were not hurt.
I wonder if they are going to put up a new signal up there?
Ethan the Railfanner yes Ethan they will definitely put up a new signal that's all a part of the higher speeds of trains and Crossing protection by reason of having quad Crossings for signals to on each side with full gate closure
A car will never win in an accident against a train. 🚘💥🚂
nice video
Impatience and ignorance leads to loss of automobile...🙄
Am I the only on enjoying the view of the abandoned siding!
it looked like there was room for them to pull ahead, even pull ahead off the road, must have been panic, in addition to poor driving skills.
at least they got out
What location was this crash at?
Says in video, Thomasville, NC.
I would run away not walk away slow when they got out van could got hit by the signal had concussion
I did not see anyone get out. Driver proceeded thru crossing as the bell and lights started like they had all day. After all don’t all trains move slow as a snail? NOT.
Me: Is your minivan running? Person: yes. me: ya better go get it because it's about to get plowed into bits
54 cars passed from the train hitting the car to stopping
So, it looked like a passenger got out. I didn't see the driver get out. Also looks like the van stalled, but upon reading the description, it was a panic?