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I'd hope so!
May 6, 2016 at 10:16 am
Humans are funny with language.
Saw a tanker truck with a big red bumper sticker with large white letters "THIS VEHICLE STOPS AT ALL RAILROAD CROSSINGS"
Well I FUCKING HOPE SO!
What else is it going to say?
"I DO WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT"
Or
"THIS VEHICLE STOPS AD ALL RAILROAD CROSSINGS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO"
Ya don't say?
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RE: I'd hope so!
May 9, 2016 at 2:01 pm
The point is that they stop even if there isn't a train.
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RE: I'd hope so!
May 9, 2016 at 2:40 pm
(May 9, 2016 at 2:01 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: The point is that they stop even if there isn't a train.
Yes, this; at least in America, all busses and certain trucks (those that carry hazardous materials, for instance) are required to stop at all train tracks, open their door or window, and affirmatively check for the approach of a train. That warning is so people don't slam into the back of them when they stop at a railroad track that hasn't had trains on it in years.
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RE: I'd hope so!
May 9, 2016 at 2:41 pm
(May 9, 2016 at 2:38 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (May 9, 2016 at 2:01 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: The point is that they stop even if there isn't a train.
Again, no shit. Same as looking both ways before crossing the street. They should do that too of course.
Wait wait wait are you saying you stop before crossing any train tracks? Because that would be considered
highly unusual behavior where I'm from.
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RE: I'd hope so!
May 9, 2016 at 7:43 pm
(May 6, 2016 at 10:16 am)Brian37 Wrote: Humans are funny with language.
Saw a tanker truck with a big red bumper sticker with large white letters "THIS VEHICLE STOPS AT ALL RAILROAD CROSSINGS"
Well I FUCKING HOPE SO!
What else is it going to say?
"I DO WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT"
Or
"THIS VEHICLE STOPS AD ALL RAILROAD CROSSINGS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO"
Ya don't say?
Brian, it's a warning to the vehicles behind it - this truck is going to stop, so be careful. They're alerting you to what's going to happen, it's a safety thing.
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RE: I'd hope so!
May 9, 2016 at 7:46 pm
I've often wondered if maybe making the trucks stop before the RR crossings can go horribly awry if the truck has a manual transmission and the driver manages to kill the motor with the truck actually on the tracks . . .
(I can drive a 10 speed, but I know many who aren't so good at it)
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RE: I'd hope so!
May 9, 2016 at 7:49 pm
But that's part of the reason they stop, I suppose - to make sure a train isn't coming.
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