Here's a series of videos courtesy of Virtual Railfan of cars getting stuck on railroad tracks. First up, a car on Princeton, Indiana comes close to being scrap metal after turning onto the railroad tracks at the crossing. Fortunately, the train came to a stop just a few feet from the car.
It's the season of Cars on Tracks!
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And another car stops on the tracks in Ashland, Virginia!
Another car is stopped on the tracks in Ashland, Virgina. However, this time the car gets passed on the neighboring track by the southbound Auto Train and the engineer of a late northbound Palmetto managed to stop his train in time before hitting the car stopped on the tracks.
Another car is stopped on the tracks in Ashland, Virgina. However, this time the car gets passed on the neighboring track by the southbound Auto Train and the engineer of a late northbound Palmetto managed to stop his train in time before hitting the car stopped on the tracks.
Around the holidays, people become dumb and start to do stupid things because they're caught up in their holiday shopping and don't pay attention to more important things like not driving on to the railroad tracks, driving down the wrongs side of the road, or running redlights and stop signs.
Dinorius_Redundicus
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50% of people have lower than average intelligence, so what else would you expect?
Haha! Never stopped to think about it, but that is quite accurate! When my kids were taking driver's education in school, I told them to "always drive as if everyone around you is an idiot, because they probably are". Maybe a bit harsh judgement of human nature, but I often get reports back of other drivers they have seen while out on the roads. And they have both been (knock on wood) accident free for many years.
We were taught the same thing by my dad.
Now I entertain myself by watching car crash videos on YouTube.