If you build a barrier that blocks both lanes it can be more dangerous than you think. What if a car getd stuck on the tracks? How will they drive away from being hit? Think about it this way. If you were on the tracks and there was a gate that blocks the whole roadway then you have no choice but to be hit by the oncoming train.
@@MassRailfan124 Considering how many accidents are caused by people going around the gates, that's a pretty nonsensical response. How did they get stuck on the tracks? By going around the gates? By entering a crossing before it was clear? If somehow you do get stuck, you can just drive through those gates or you get out of the car and run. You have more than one choice. The current arrangement is just asking for trouble.
1:02 amtrak???
Track geometry car borrowed from Amtrak. 🙂
Mike, are they following anything resembling a schedule for these test runs? ANy specific time of day to try to catch them first-hand?
Tom 😉
They just go back and forth on different sections of track until the section they’re testing is done.
They do halfway in case arm are stuck down , and EMS can go thru , my suggestion anyway
Thanks for watching!
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Why are we still building grade crossings with barriers that only block half the roadway?
If you build a barrier that blocks both lanes it can be more dangerous than you think. What if a car getd stuck on the tracks? How will they drive away from being hit? Think about it this way. If you were on the tracks and there was a gate that blocks the whole roadway then you have no choice but to be hit by the oncoming train.
@@MassRailfan124 Considering how many accidents are caused by people going around the gates, that's a pretty nonsensical response. How did they get stuck on the tracks? By going around the gates? By entering a crossing before it was clear? If somehow you do get stuck, you can just drive through those gates or you get out of the car and run. You have more than one choice. The current arrangement is just asking for trouble.