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Originally Posted by shank0668
I do not understand the reasoning someone would try to cross the tracks last second, it is the dumbest thing ever.
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yeah, if I touched the brakes every time someone tried something stupid.... we'd miss them every time and take 45 minutes to stop and then restart. Half the time it happens so fast that you've already hit them before you ever see anything. Even if you saw them from 1/4 mile away (very rare for that)... you could only lose maybe 5 mph.... won't do much. The worst thing to see is a semi/tanker on the tracks..... never know what's inside and it usually doesn't end well. I hit a dump truck once, hit so hard (at 35mph) it knocked me out of my seat and on the floor! Took a 5200ft long train about 5,000 feet to stop from 35!