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Hahaha!! Yep! I rode the Coast Starlight north through the Sierra Nevadas(?) 15-20 years ago. It was a 24hour trip, and I was delayed 24hours. We hit a pedestr

by hm-nah 4y ago

Hahaha!! Yep! I rode the Coast Starlight north through the Sierra Nevadas(?) 15-20 years ago. It was a 24hour trip, and I was delayed 24hours. We hit a pedestrian then an avalanche had us back up 2-3 hours until a Greyhound picked us up and took us the rest of the way. Adventure: Check I didn’t mind one bit. Great people.

tomcam 4y ago
> We hit a pedestrian Uh what?
- ryukafalz 4y ago
  My understanding is this is sadly not as rare as you would hope around level crossings. Likewise with trains hitting cars on the tracks. Some crossings have gates which make this much less likely, others do not and rely on flashing lights and the train horn to warn people of an approaching train.
  - chronotis 4y ago
    A friend of mine works at a law firm that exclusively handles train injury cases. It happens a LOT more than you'd expect, primarily at crossings. Hearing-handicapped or people blasting their speakers who don't hear the horn; faulty crossing gates; distracted drivers; and so on. The cases almost always include a fatality.
  - latchkey 4y ago
    It happens all the time in Vietnam and they constantly have it in the news. The people there don't have the culture to wait for anything... to the point where people try to get onto an elevator before everyone has gotten off already. It is mindless. Railroad crossings are no different and will just go around or ignore the crossing gates... https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/news/commuters-risk-their-lives-to-cross-rail-tracks-in-hanoi-4566361.html https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/news/commuters-risk-their-live... https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/train-collides-with-tractor-trailer-at-hanoi-crossing-4564399.html https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/train-collides-with-tracto... https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/man-killed-crossing-train-tracks-in-central-vietnam-4514498.html https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/man-killed-crossing-train-...
- cafard 4y ago
  A relative was considerably delayed a couple of times on NE Corridor trips by the trains hitting pedestrians. Both apparently were suicides. And persons not out to end their lives occasionally do, crossing a train track where the view is obstructed in one direction or another. Cars try to make it across the track a few seconds too late.

by hm-nah 4y ago

tomcam 4y ago

> We hit a pedestrian Uh what?

ryukafalz 4y ago
My understanding is this is sadly not as rare as you would hope around level crossings. Likewise with trains hitting cars on the tracks. Some crossings have gates which make this much less likely, others do not and rely on flashing lights and the train horn to warn people of an approaching train.
- chronotis 4y ago
  A friend of mine works at a law firm that exclusively handles train injury cases. It happens a LOT more than you'd expect, primarily at crossings. Hearing-handicapped or people blasting their speakers who don't hear the horn; faulty crossing gates; distracted drivers; and so on. The cases almost always include a fatality.
- latchkey 4y ago
  It happens all the time in Vietnam and they constantly have it in the news. The people there don't have the culture to wait for anything... to the point where people try to get onto an elevator before everyone has gotten off already. It is mindless. Railroad crossings are no different and will just go around or ignore the crossing gates... https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/news/commuters-risk-their-lives-to-cross-rail-tracks-in-hanoi-4566361.html https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/news/commuters-risk-their-live... https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/train-collides-with-tractor-trailer-at-hanoi-crossing-4564399.html https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/train-collides-with-tracto... https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/man-killed-crossing-train-tracks-in-central-vietnam-4514498.html https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/man-killed-crossing-train-...
cafard 4y ago
A relative was considerably delayed a couple of times on NE Corridor trips by the trains hitting pedestrians. Both apparently were suicides. And persons not out to end their lives occasionally do, crossing a train track where the view is obstructed in one direction or another. Cars try to make it across the track a few seconds too late.