01-04-2020, 09:32 PM
(01-04-2020, 05:38 PM)bgb_ca Wrote: So it sounds like someone made the poor choice to walk down the tracks instead of the trail next to the tracks, I'm guessing with headphones on, and by the time the driver saw him it was too late (it would have still been dark that early).[/size][/color]
I wonder if it’s more than that. In that location it’s not just a poor or questionable choice — it makes no sense at all. I looked at the location in Google Maps aerial view, and there is no conceivable trip that is more convenient or shorter by walking along the tracks. There is a path immediately parallel to the tracks on the west, and the parking lots on the east are all linked up. Conceivably I could imagine somebody trying to cut some time off by crossing the tracks, but that would involve climbing two fences and crossing two ditches (in addition to the tracks themselves) and would only save about 500m at the most, for a very specific pair of endpoints.
So I wonder about being suicidal or otherwise not of sound mind. I hope we’ll find out something. It’s quite clear to me that this is most likely not an LRT safety problem in any way, based on the limited information available.