07-17-2019, 09:32 AM
danbrotherston Wrote:Oh dear, hopefully it was not serious. It's possible they were on the train. I didn't see anyone who appeared to be injured outside the train, the two people (I presume one was the driver of the car on the left), appeared uninjured, were walking around and inspecting the vehicle. The one on the right appeared uninvolved.
This still makes me angry though. I live by the tracks a block from this collision, the train is silent, I can't hear it go by, except for the frequent honking at drivers cutting it off. The LRVs have cameras, why have the police not been following up with every single driver who cuts off the train before now. But we have SUVs driving up pedestrian trails for safety.
It's not about safety.
That's a really good point. On my ride home yesterday, there were two near-misses when motorists cut off the train, pretty clearly just not looking. It was sheer luck that a collision wasn't the result. I have observed a number of others.
The impact of each collision is fairly large- tens of thousands in damage, lost time, and in the case of today's, apparently medical costs- the case would be strong for the police to go knock on doors and let them know how dangerous their driving was.