Amtrak near miss with a biker (emergency brakes applied)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Due to UP traffic, Amtrak San Joaquins was redirected onto track 1, which is normally used by the Amtrak long distance trains. This caused confusion, and a cyclist crossed the tracks last second and nearly killed himself!
Please read: the driver didnt say *bike and a rope* he said *bicycle* I also misspelt San Joaquin which I spelt it as San Juaquin
First
I'm pretty sure he's just saying "bicycle" not "bike and phone"
@@Poker2662 maybe, my hearing isn’t the best haha
@@Erich__88
First what?
Is there a prize?
I understand that you can't correct the typo in the video but you *can* correct it in the description.
Something never changes when it comes to people crossing tracks while the train is coming.
Most people will never get it. There's been train fatalities since the 1800s It's like a virus in people's brain when they hear the oncoming train bells ringing, lights flashing and or gates are down... Completely avoiding all the trains warning signs. I think people need to watch the uncensored video about what happen to this lady name Mary T Wojtyla back in 1991 when she was struck by a Metra Commuter Train. Her lawyer was inches away from getting struck by the train. But she kept going without looking. Due to their impatience.
Deer in the headlights sort of thing.
Because 99 times they cross and nothing happens, and no video of it
but on the 100th time you do it thats when things go wrong
@@awepossum1059
Sooner or later we all have to pay the
piper.
@@awepossum1059 You shouldn't even make an attempt to cross the train track or tracks period. It's like playing Russian Roulette with your life. Especially when there's oncoming train or trains coming your way. And even when you don't see any warning train signs and all you see is the track or tracks. You still need to look both ways. Just like crossing the streets or highways...Parents need to teach their kids about railway safety.
Props to that engineer for being so alert. He initiated that brake well before the guy even reached the tracks.
Ya he set it off pretty early
yeah must have seen him running and just hit it you can hear the air pop,class observation on surroundings
Not to mention, having to stop that fast could have injured any passengers standing up making their way to the door to get off the train. Makes perfect sense why they should refuse service to him that day in that context as well, even if he didn't get hit
@@BRIANumber7-RCandModelsoh trust me it jostles you pretty badly
@@AwkwardYet Yup, I've stopped a light NW2 diesel switcher before without bailing off the locomotive brake at 10mph while coming to a stop. Even with a tiny bit of brake applied initially, it's certainly not the most comfortable kind of stop. I learned quickly after that, haha
As a Conductor whose had a fatality, the average person doesn’t understand what the crew goes through when they strike someone. The biker is lucky that all what happened was denial of service.
Yes, people panic and don’t think twice
Biker wouldve rather denied his own service
Couple bits of paperwork. Nothing major.
@@FiregloA couple bits of paperwork with potentially long lasting affects on the driver which could end their career.
@@Olivers_RailAdventures Hardly. A train track is closed off to pedestrians due to high speeds and inability to stop so if a pedestrian gets hit by a train it is always the pedestrians fault as they are somewhere they shouldn't be.
Darwin Award runner up. There's no way he didn't see the train, he chose this
And there’s no way he didn’t hear it either
unless he had those nose headphones where you cant hear a thing with them on @@yoshster0612
yes he chose and would have made it easily. thats daily business in india
@@tajothy2692 People get hit by trains in India everyday, null point
@@tajothy2692many die in India due to that type of stupidity and indifference to loss of life!
Engineer was totally on the ball and I'm glad the crowd let him know what was up.
That's super dangerous. Two seconds later and he could have slightly scratched the paint on the train.
Ya that idiot nearly ruined the ex f40ph!!!
This dude get karma for doing that and stupid 💀
If it were going a lot faster than that, Amtrak might be considering their new paint scheme: "A Splash of Red"
That's exactly what happened to a UP train hitting a woman. They said the car (and driver) was crushed. The locomotive??? Some paint and replace some hydraulic hoses.
@@h.mandelene3279 yup train always wins!
I’ll even take a moment to consider the urgency of the biker felt since this was the last train of the day:
Bakersfield is set up in such a way where you can cross at the street once the train stops. Biker would have more than enough time to cross considering the amount of people getting on the train.
Hell, since the boarding gate changed, you may even be lucky enough to get a crew member to drop one of the stairs for you. I’m sure many of them would understand the confusion it causes.
But all things considered, there really is no way to justify running in front of a moving train. Any moving vehicle if we’re being honest.
True, he could have waited for the train to stop and go around it, he had plenty of time because there were 2 freight trains blocking the mainline so he amtrak had to wait anyways
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 yeah considering all of that there as no way he'd miss the train and if the crossing was ahead of the loco the driver would have seen him coming and waited, no way to justify his actions
I also dont like how easily-crossable those tracks are. I only train around the midwest, but i never seen a station where the train tracks are parallel to the ground where the passengers are standing off of. They really made it too easy for some idiot with a bike to wanna cross it last-minute. Im not even approving the person's actions, im just pointing-out how easy it is to cross the other side of the tracks
This isn't Bakersfield though, otherwise l agree with you.
That’s what I was thinking. No reason for this other than just plain stupidity. Lack of any sense in his brain. The trains right there! Wait for it to stop and I’m sure you can figure a way to get on.
That is one damn good engineer dumping the brakes as soon as he saw him run towards the track
I don't know what the hell even possessed him to try to run in front of a train right like that.
Funny enough I teached a lot of people I know with common sense. In this occasion I would say " like you couldn't wait"? "Better to be safe then sorry by being late by a few minutes"
he had his phone up, so maybe he was recording?@@yuenkentsang9446
Cyclists are a different breed
You don’t watch much train videos! Railfan channel recorded a man in a motorized wheelchair with a leashed dog doing the same thing!! I believe near Cincinnati. UK video showed a woman pushing a baby buggy stepping in front of an approaching train crossing with seconds to spare!
@@yuenkentsang9446what
Emergency brake was applied, 0:37 is the air dumping out of the system and you can see the emergency red beacon on the NPCU flashing which only flashes when the emergency brake is applied. (0:44)
Oh wow I never noticed that! Thx
That’s impressive, the engineer anticipated it.
@@rkolsen he'd be a fine engineer if he didn't
Thank you for breaking it down in layman’s terms!
What is the use for that red flashing light? Who exactly should this light warn?
So much of a summary of American intercity rail here. Platform crossing over the rails, last train of the day arriving in broad daylight, scheduling getting messed up because of UP freight, and of course someone being careless around trains. I'm glad at least the newer tech prevented a tragedy.
I agree with you but just a heads up, they cant run any trains later than 6 pm since the journey takes 6 hours so any train later than that would be over night
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 Oh yeah I figured but then taking longer than driving to get to Bakersfield is also another for the list.
So in America trains can’t get past midnight? What kind of limitation is that, sounds insane…
Yeah, this looks like a third world country. I can imagine a cyclist would be confused if the train just goes across the pavement like that. In the civilized world, you can only cross at crossings with lights and bells and a whole circus.
This is exactly how the situation should've been handled.
@@Boltzmann-eh7ufno way
Sounded like Chris Rock in the crowd "Really Dude".......🤣
yeah a Chris rock that get split open by a fat 15 inch missile about 43 times a day
Super alert engineer saved that bikers life.
Yup!
Excellent response by the Amtrak Engineer, both in stopping the train and banning the biker.
yup
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 Now IF.......the biker would have waited, he would have boarded correct!? What's even the waiting time of boarding at that station? there is a ramp at the front of the platform to go around the engine correct? 🚅🚂
@@RADIZZLE4000 no ramp, but he could just walk around the train, the train boards a bit further up
Good move by the engineer to decline to take the guy on the train after that bone headed move!
This couldn't have happened in the UK, where all stations have platforms. I'm amazed to see all those people standing at track level waiting to get on a train. 😮
Even the most dilapidated mainline rail stations in malaysia have platforms, i can't fathom not being able to simply raise the platform higher, making it slanted on each end for wheelchairs and overall easier acccess.
No there is a platform behind my tripod
I fully agree! The person who is crazy enough to build this should think twice!!
It’s interesting that no one could possibly run in front of a train in the UK.
The UK has a fair few platformless crossings.
Amtrak driver is right.
What was he in a rush for he could’ve just entered from the other side
No he couldn't, platform is only on one side. He has to cross, but he also could have waited for the train to pass before crossing.
@@utahrailfan1946
They should make it on both sides to prevent this motive from occurring again. Thanks for the information.
The fool had a bike too, and he could’ve just went around the train now that I think of it once it stopped.
@@42luke93 There's no realistic way to do that. They could add a third passenger track, for the other side of the platform he's standing on, but that would still cut across this area. Expanding the current platform to fill the gap is far from realistic.
@@utahrailfan1946 but I believe he was planning to hop on the train so
I work this route from Roseville Ca. to Bakersfield and it is the worst for pedestrians and cars going through the gates trying to beat the train.
The central valley is crazy!
But why is the station platform on ground level? I have never seen something like this here in Germany. It seems dangerous to me.
It’s only used about 4-5 times a day, only long distance services use it and sometimes regular trains if there is another train on the other track
America baby, nothing is allowed to get in the way of cars, transit riders are second class citizens. Most are ground level.
What you see isn't actually the platform, it's just a crossing. The actual platform area is just to the left of the camera view.
@@utahrailfan1946 exactly
Low level platforms are normal in the us. Most stations can’t justify hi level platform and the equipment is all low level or has steps
Chris Rock waiting for the Amtrak is something I did not expect
People also need to realize that the engineer dumped the train at 0:37. Had he not plugged the train then he would’ve been hit bc it wouldn’t be stopping nearly as quickly
Exactly, people say "not that close" but in reality without the emergency brake being dumped early on, that biker would have been toast
Whos that dude giving unnecessary commentary in the background 😭😭😭
Another railfan
The fact the biker started slowing down before he even cleared the second track AND before the safely strip is even worse. Like dude...
He was a total idiot!
I recently saw what an oncoming train does to cows, deers and horses that got on the track hence why I got recommended this video and it would definitely not been a pretty sight if it werent for the engineer pulling the emergency brake last second.
Yes, it could have been different if the brakes weren't dumped
OMG, I myself saw almost the exact same thing happen in almost the exact same place -- I was taking the Coast Starlight back from Salem last fall, and we were crawling along between Emeryville and Jack London Square when suddenly we had an emergency stop because some idiot drove across the tracks right in front of us! (Fortunately we stopped in time and didn't hit him, so we weren't badly delayed!) In downtown Oakland, this must be happening ALL the time!
I don’t blame the engineer, that guy with the bike is not coming on the train, lol!
Is no one going to talk about the rare F40PH in the latest Amtrak colors? I didn’t even know Amtrak had any left, other than the cascades possibly. Let alone painted in the latest Amtrak colors.
That's actually a "Cabbage Car" or combination cab control and baggage car, converted from a retired F40PH. Spotting features would be the baggage door on the sides as well as the 5 digit road number (Amtrak adds a "90" before the old road number for cabbage cars), as well as the total lack of engine noise.
I've never seen a train platform that wasn't raised before
Well now you have!
As someone who lives in Bakersfield, we don’t claim that knucklehead as being one of ours. Hope he learns a lesson from this experience.
If you live in Bakersfield, you’ve got way more problems there than some idiot like this haha.
Yet you people repeatedly elected Kevin McCarthy. Points for Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, and one HUGE demerit.
I will admit i have crossed in front of a (stationary) train before (that wasn’t even at a platform)
It was at a road crossing where the warning system had just shut off after a train had passed in the other direction (the crossing wasn’t malfunctioning, it was designed to do that, the crossing equipment has control of the signals just before it, and only lets one train pass in each activation cycle)
And i have also seen someone dart across one of those crossings after the road lights sequence had started (those trains have an unusual feature where there is a double seat directly next to the drivers cab, so passengers can see out the front), the train hadn’t yet departed from the platform when it happened, but the driver gave a blast of the horn to tell them off)
Yeah people are crazy
i dont care how dumb i am, youll NEVER catch me trying to cross a track with a literal train approaching
The tracks are those of a tram, but it's a train?
I'm confused
1:11 Bad move right there, bad move.
lol
Is it common to have train stations/stops without a raised platform in the USA?
First time i've seen this.
I don’t really know, but I’m pretty sure it’s rare
depends on the area the station is in usually they're raised up a bit
@@chris52209 the platform at this station is raised. The train doesn’t stop on the grade path you see you see in the video. The actual platform is not visible in the video
Person on bike displaying typical unemployed behavior.
No wonder he loves in Bakersfield 💀
those bikers: we don't have respect from other drivers
those SAME bikers:
Fr bruh, I wanted to become one but not act like that.
I can only ride a scooter 💀
Props to the engineer for making it clear that guy would not be allowed on the train. When I was in high school, most students would take city buses to get home. A lot of us had to change buses at a particular stop that was on the other side of the street. If a connecting bus was in sight, a lot of students (the impatient ones) would run across the street in the middle of traffic to catch the first bus. Usually it was big groups who did this, but sometimes it was just a few people. I witnessed one occasion where a single guy ran across traffic to try and make his bus. After my friends and I waited for the light and reached the bus stop, we saw there was a bicycle cop at the stop, and he had seen the whole thing. As we walked by, we heard the cop tell the student in no uncertain terms that he was not getting on the bus. And as we left them behind, the bus left without him. It was beautiful.
You could tell when the person came into frame that they weren’t stopping. Plus they slowed down when they got on the track. They had no understanding for train safety. People do these things all the time and it was smart for conductor to get on the speaker or whomever and say “you are not getting on”. There should also be a criminal charge. It’s important for them to show that you do something beyond stupid and there are repercussions. Ultimately it’s to protect them to make sure they don’t ever do it again.
No matter what happens, idiots will always do stupid things
@davidimhoff2118 Yes and you could get a Warning for doing that too !!
Interrupting a whole train is crazy.... They should be ashamed fr.
Fr
I’ll never forget when we had a fatality coming into a station. The train going into emergency, the engineer making the call, the conductor going up front to see the body……that bike rider has no idea
Some people just Really want their Darwin award...
Any harm in asking why there’s no platform?
Less of a risk for a passenger falling of onto the track and not being able to move in time when a train is approaching.
There is a platform behind where my tripod is, the reason why the track runs over the platform is so people can walk to track 2
Didn't seem like he was going to hit him in the first place
Haha, you'd be surprised.
This "platform" or "station" is ridiculously dangerous! It forces people to cross the tracks! Except you can enter the train on two sides!? - which I do not assume!
The train was driving slowly already and should have stopped in approx. 30 meters. So what is the fuss about?
People are not using their senses and brain, that is why it is important to build everything idiotproof! Here it is not!
It is a poorly built station for sure
Dude should’ve left earlier to be there on time like everyone else.
Even if the train was switched to a different track at the last minute he must have heard the locomotive's bell.
He just panicked
Yeah, it’s his own fault for running in front of a train. He could both here and see it coming, but decided to rush across anyway. Everyone else got there before the train.
Drama queens. The train was running like 1 mph and the biker would’ve safely made it across the tracks even if the emergency brakes were no applied.
@@Crazy-Clown-In-Town address us as kings, nor was the train going 1 mph, you clearly know nothing about railroading or railroad safety thanks for the comment!
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 Queens is appropriate cuz that's what you are. Sissies.
It's Not Train Fault! It's Biker Fault!
True
I have never seen a level station for an actual train before! Surely this incrdibly dangerous?
he almost won a Darwin Award, 2nd prize though is not getting on the train ... and probably a Darwin Award later on his life.
lol!
How the heck does the E-Brake stop the train so fast? Educate me!!!!
Because the train is short and already going slow. At full speed, that train would take up to a half mile to stop in emergency. But at slow speeds, and brakes already applied, an emergency stop will stop the train very quickly
I never expected a train can stop on a dime.
Did the train end up going to Bakersfield eventually?
Yeah they got delayed 10 minutes
America is like one big gta lobby 😂 and i like it 😂
Nah it’s happened all over the world. Check out Australia
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Yes of course!
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 Thank you!
A train can approach on any track at any time from any direction.
Well, San joaquin trains normally use track 2 instead of 1. Tack 1, the one shown in the video is normally used by long distance trains only
He applied the emergency brake before that biker crossed the tracks he is so alert my dream job is driving Amtrak and I will stay alert like this engineer was
Nice
"This caused confusion and nearly killed a biker."
Dude, biker nearly killed _themselves,_ regardless of what track that train was on.
True
Damn, really wasn't necessary for the biker to try crossing the track, especially since it had boarding platforms both sides, even though he wasn't on the side all the other boarding passengers were on. He'd still have ample time to go around either the front or back of the train once it stopped in the event the conductors didn't make an exception to open one of the doors to board from the other side. I don't blame the engineer for banning him from boarding this train for this near tragic incident.
As George Carlin would say, this isn't a near miss, it's a near hit. Getting run over by a train is a near miss. You'd say, "Wow, it nearly missed him. "Yes, but not quite."
ohhhh I see, I just used the term "near miss" as its more popular
Don't worry, this is just a joke (a funny one at that)
That passenger should get ID'd and banned from all trains until either they are an adult or in 5 years, whichever is later.
I love those NPC ass railfans 😂
Rail safety is no joke, those railfans had every right to react the way they did, so don't treat this scenario as a joke
@@shanewalters2565 Not saying it’s not. I just find how enthusiastic they were funny.
The trains stopping ability was impressive.
I really want to see close up video of him trying to argue after the engineer banned him 😀
I would try to get that shot, but I was on the other side of the tracks, and I did not want to cross and get yelled at 😅
I saw a full version..he went inside the Station
@Blackblack22gg
How did you see it?
Can you give us a link?
I lost the link
Oh 😐
In some developing countries, an event like this would be nothing to talk about.
And they say race has no effect on intelligence!
Because it happens daily and they are experienced
This causes some mechanical damage and the train will be sitting there for quite a while right?
No it left 2 mins later after the emergency brake was released
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 Oh cool. The more you know. Thanks.
He has a bicycle what's the problem? He can ride that and think about why he isn't on the train. LOL
yeah he can totally ride a bike all the way to bakers field LMAO.
Biker must have been a deer in his past life. Jumping and/or freezing in front of moving vehicles. 🤦
Haha true
This kinda confused me. The platforms in the US are weird. A railway layout like the UK would prevent these from happening. I'm also seeing vids of USA trains hitting vehicles all the time. Like it can all be prevented if they upgraded their rail infrastructure. It's probably one of the worst in the world..
It’s not the worst, it’s not the best, it’s pretty mid. Freight railroads dominate the system.
The track you see in the video wasn’t the platform, the platform is behind where my camera was placed.
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 ohhh right. It's also pretty weird for everyone to be standing down there right be side the train lol.. £1000 fine in the UK for going anywhere near it :> (There's fencing all around the railway)
Yea most of our railway system is freight so I don’t think platforms are the priority
We're a large country with more than 200,000 crossings due to different priorities. To give you an example, the city next to mine was founded by the railroad which not only built up the town but built a large, fancy hospital for the employees/inhabitants. This sort of town is very, very common in the US. As the cities expanded, they had to work around all the infrastructure built for use by the railroads. The railroads are now focused on freight entirely while everyone else has to drive so there's naturally a considerable number of crossings where the two sets of infrastructure meet. You can't really address it without either laying new track (which costs about 1,000,000 dollars per mile for normal track, not counting the costs of acquiring land which would be hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars) or redeveloping tens of thousands of communities.
i love trains and mass transit so much and i am very anti car and i know i should be friends with the cyclist. but, i’ve never met a cyclist that isn’t a self centered asshole.
Everybody hates cyclists for some reason
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 Bay Area cyclists have a serious entitlement mentality, that's why...
@@eastbaykidd8574 Don't I know it -- they run red lights all the time, and flip the bird at you if you honk at them for it!
The biker should be cited. What he did must be against traffic regulations.
People continue to do stupid things like this, then they want to blame the train, just like they do in Florida for brightline, poor brightline can't catch a break for the amount of stupidity!
If I had to play devil's advocate and guess I would imagine the guy panicked once he realized the train was going to a different platform and tried to run across in fear of missing the train. But yeah I can understand the train crew's reaction and he should have been a lot smarter about the situation.
There's no platform at this station. The cyclist could've waited until the train fully stopped before cross the track. But no, he had to run across while the train was movie. Really really bright tool that one.
Transport fevers graphics are looking good.
what day and what train was this?
Some amtrak california "san juaquins"
I can't be the only one who thinks everybody over reacted... the bike dude CLEARLY had enough time to make it across before the train even got to where he was crossing. 🤣
Lmao okay buddy
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 are we watching the same video? Lol the perspective plays tricks on the eyes but to me it is very obvious he would have made it across safely with time to spare. The emergency brake wasn't needed. Nor was everyone freaking out and yelling at him. 🤷🏼♂️
they did overreact they should have let him on. I feel like i'm the only one on that opinion too though lol, because it feels totally wrong to not let someone on a ride they already paid for
He clearly did not. He was an idiot. Doesn’t matter what you think. It was the conductor’s call not to let him on after that stunt.
@@Gatekeeper201 see previous replies.
What an extremely dangerous place. Trains, pedestrians, bikes all share the same space without separations or barriers. The US is often associated with over the top fences/guardrails near water, how is this something that exists in that same country?
It’s a train station
@@BalloonBugle88 A normal train station has an underpass or overpass. Or at least a grade grossing with barriers, lights and bells. Never seen such open, dangerous design
aint no way this is what a "platform" looks like in america 💀
Thats just big freight corps in america for ya!
Its rare. Most have under/overpasses
...This is one platform in one city in one state. From what other people have said, this isn't even the platform but an approach to the platform.
@@jonathanbaird8109so does this mean the man crossed illegally? Rural stations in europe still often have overpasses and level boarding. I looked at images of the station and the whole thing is still low entry and i cant seem to find an overpass
"Last train of the day?" BWAH-HA-HA!
Hey, he's got his bike to pedal wherever he needs to go! A hundred miles or so! 😂
LOL
Why do your trains still share the road with bicycles? It's like a 3rd world country.
Fr
no need for emergency brakes. rookie conductor panicked.
There was definitely a need, your the rookie here 😂
LOL says the internet warrior who’s never dealt with this situation
@@armorpro573 haha true!
@@NorCaliRailroading2023 LOL I find it funny that people downplay these types of situations when anything could happen.
americans be like smh
lol ok
"The man with the bike and the rope is NOT getting on the train" - That's EXACTLY what I wanted to hear. Video made my day ong.
Haha same
I don’t know about the rest of y’all but when a massive multi ton train pulls in, I’mma be a few feet behind the yellow line.
its obvious to stay behind the yellow line, some people think left!
the US is so destitute of infrastructure I doubt there was any kind of underpass, overpass or safe crossing across the tracks. the platform is perfectly level with the tracks, implying that you're supposed to cross there.
you’re gonna blame the station being built like that (not at all normal here, btw) instead of the guy not yielding for an obviously approaching train?
@@burlingtonfan7492 considering these trains come at most a few times a day, and if you're on the wrong side of the platform you're screwed, I don't blame people for this kind of behavior. he was cutting it dangerously close, but he would not have been hit even if the emergency brakes weren't applied.
@Skyfoogle so the cones and sign at the platform aren't enough? The station may be an issue for you, but what about the watch or phone that tells time along with the train schedule? Be on time or get left.
Thats what happens in the us build cheap stuff blame people for not making it work themselves, Just putting paint ain't stopping anything same with signs or cones
@Skyfoogle there actually are ways to get around to the other side of the train this guy just didn't care to go that way.
It wasnt the track switch that caused the problem. It was the cyclist's (typical) lack of mental capacity.
Bad move right there, man. Bad move!
Not even close.
If he tripped, it would have been
More like too close for comfort. If he wants to risk his own stupid life that's fine, as long as he's not involving others like this
The train operator had to make a hard stop to avoid running him over
If the driver didnt stop it would have been real close
Bc he dumped his air 3 seconds earlier. Had he not plugged it there he would’ve been hit
Actually, since the train wasn’t speeding, not even going fast and the guy did run across the tracks fast, the train wasn’t near him, he still was safe. Yes, it was still a really dumb idea, maybe he does that in traffic on the street thinking he’s always safe. He still might keep taking chances to risk his life. I’ve seen other videos of people running across the tracks when the train was a lot closer to them. When it said it was the last train to Bakersfield, I thought, “Oh no! Don’t let that guy be from my hometown”! Lol 🤦🏻♀️
The train engaged it’s emergency break, that’s why my the guy isn’t flat…
Put yourself in the engineer's position about ten feet in the air and about ten feet back! From his vantage point the rider is one hundred percent out of his view once he crosses the tracks! For a few seconds he couldn't even tell if he'd made contact with him or not! He may have been safe but it more than likely affected the engineer for the rest of the trip! And also as others have pointed out if the engineer hadn't applied the brakes as soon as he did, contact most definitely would have been made! The train still had about another 250 to go before stopping!
So let me understand this...the guy with the bike heard the warning bells and could clearly see the HUGE train approaching, yet he was stupid enough to cross the track, anyway...and somehow, it's the trains fault? Holy Cow...we've reached a new level of idiocy!
so did the biker get on the train or no?
@@tohopes I don’t even know, he was seen arguing with the conductor afterwards
crazy how theres no platform and theyre just pulling up on street level
There is a platform, not visible in the video though.
Why is US trains operate without any fenses? In Asia, we have glass doors prevent riders from fallen on the track. US is just not care about its people in general.
I have experienced an emergency braking while traveling San Diego to LAX, similar scenario some idiot crossing right in front of the train
That was the closest call I have Never seen !!!!
Was he looking at his phone while running across the tracks??
Only thing I’m surprised about are people are calling him out. You know given it’s Cali.
California!
That was dangerous he could've got hurt that was stupid of him to cut infront of a active train! Welp he gotta accept the consequences for doing that