11-10-2016, 05:49 PM
(11-10-2016, 04:20 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: You “corrected” what I said to leave out “HSR”, meaning that all tracks no matter how sparsely used are covered by the edited sentence. In particular, it’s reasonable to assume from this and other things you’ve written that you would be opposed to people walking on the ties on the Spur Line during the day when there is no longer any train traffic, not even the slow traffic we had before.
The rules are pretty clear, here:
Yes, it angers me when I see people walking on the tracks instead of the trail.
Quote:My point is that there is nothing at all wrong with some trespassing, including on some railway rights-of-way. The key is to put careful thought into it and not just assume that it’s safe just because the traffic level isn’t obvious like it is on a busy highway. The world doesn’t generally work on the basis of blind unthinking adherence to rules, even safety rules.
Sorry, I can't agree. I guess as someone who grew up with railways, it's my responsibility to not just let this slide, and try my best to educate others about safety around the tracks.
While you may have your wits about you, and think it's safe, what about the teenager with their earbuds in that see you walking along the tracks and think "oh, it's safe for me to do that, too" - only to get killed?
Why is it that people on this forum are so okay with this, but freak out when they see someone do a rolling stop? It's as if some only want to enforce rules that are convienent for them, and make the rules that stand in their way "frivolous". It's really infuriating.