It might not make it to it's destination...
Got A Fedex Delivery Going Through Utah?
- Thread starter FrizzleFried
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action53
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So, is there a FedEx processing center there or something or is it random coincidence that theres trucks on both sides of the road?
the thing that makes no sense, is the railroad warning lights were not on or going off, and the wood bars didn't lower. so the train/operator is 100% to blame in this situation.
BTW, cool video, but that sucks if the driver winds up losing his job over that. The crossing arms were up and the lights weren't flashing to warn him. 
ElectricDreamz
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crap ... I KNEW I should have shipped through HDS instead
The arms/lights/bells all malfunctioned. Even the safety feature (arms fail down when lights/bells have no power) failed.
So in case of all those failures, wouldn't the train be notified to slow the fuck down?
Or is the engineer that controls that train blind to see the warning lights and bar is not down as people are crossing in front of the train?
I didn't even hear any blaring loud 200+ decibel horns going off during any of that hot mess...
OP
OP
I suspect the train operator doesn't control the crossing lights. I suspect there was a technical issue (while I admit it's conjecture, I'm assuming that these things operate automatically).
OP
OP
You do know that it takes... A LONG TIME to slow a train... right? Also, I am not sure if commuter trains have the super-loud air horns or not...
EDIT: And their isn't any audio in the video anyway (no crash sound... no bells when the crossing finally "worked"... etc).
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ah then who cares. shit happens. people die. packages get destroyed. this topic is boring. moving on...
OP
OP
Um... OK? In any case, from what I saw on TV there were 80 commuters on board and evidently there were some (non-life threatening) injuries.
JimmyU
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That's exactly why school buses stop at railroad crossings even if a train just went by.
runawayabc123
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I always feel like with how long the school bus is there that they have a greater chance of being hit since they stop practically on the track to look both ways.
