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Not sure why downvoted. You are right. Nearly 100 people have been killed by this train since 2019. This is an incredibly dangerous transportation mode for the

Not sure why downvoted. You are right. Nearly 100 people have been killed by this train since 2019. This is an incredibly dangerous transportation mode for the number of passengers it handles.

Symbiote 3y ago
> None of Brightline's deaths were caused by crew error or faulty equipment, but were all related to suicides or pedestrians and drivers trying to cross and beat the trains, according to law enforcement and federal reports. The article says all grade crossings have barriers, so the video showing a collision shows the car driving around the lowered barriers. However, with the size and weight of American vehicles, I'm surprised they didn't use full-barrier crossings — there's the potential to derail a train. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline#Deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline#Deaths
- usr1106 3y ago
  Full barriers create additional risks. You need to make sure that no car (and any passengers) have been caught between the closed barriers. Which adds costs. I'd say most European high speed lines are completely free of level crossings. (Europe has a lot of variation, so I might miss some exception.) Which is even more expensive.
  - Symbiote 3y ago
    It certainly adds costs, but it can be automatic or remote systems (e.g. cameras monitored by the signaller, or RADAR/LIDAR systems). However, I don't have an idea whether there are 10s or 100s of crossings. There are lines at roughly this speed in Europe with level crossings, e.g. the UK (125mph), Finland (85mph), Norway (100mph), Sweden (125mph), but there's not much detail on the speeds allowed for various types of crossing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossings_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossings_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossings_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossings_in_the_United_...

Not sure why downvoted. You are right. Nearly 100 people have been killed by this train since 2019. This is an incredibly dangerous transportation mode for the number of passengers it handles.

Symbiote 3y ago

> None of Brightline's deaths were caused by crew error or faulty equipment, but were all related to suicides or pedestrians and drivers trying to cross and beat the trains, according to law enforcement and federal reports. The article says all grade crossings have barriers, so the video showing a collision shows the car driving around the lowered barriers. However, with the size and weight of American vehicles, I'm surprised they didn't use full-barrier crossings — there's the potential to derail a train. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline#Deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline#Deaths

usr1106 3y ago
Full barriers create additional risks. You need to make sure that no car (and any passengers) have been caught between the closed barriers. Which adds costs. I'd say most European high speed lines are completely free of level crossings. (Europe has a lot of variation, so I might miss some exception.) Which is even more expensive.
- Symbiote 3y ago
  It certainly adds costs, but it can be automatic or remote systems (e.g. cameras monitored by the signaller, or RADAR/LIDAR systems). However, I don't have an idea whether there are 10s or 100s of crossings. There are lines at roughly this speed in Europe with level crossings, e.g. the UK (125mph), Finland (85mph), Norway (100mph), Sweden (125mph), but there's not much detail on the speeds allowed for various types of crossing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossings_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossings_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossings_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_crossings_in_the_United_...