re: Madison County MS - Man and Two Children Killed in Collision With Train

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So come to a complete stop. It isn't that hard and nobody is THAT important, that stopping for about 10 seconds is going to ruin your day.

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I don't disagree, but human nature is what it is. People do all sorts of things like that. The same argument could be made for never exceeding the speed limit.

All I'm saying is it is easier to have happen than one might expect. Particularly in rural areas. And particularly in areas where train traffic is infrequent. This is just my personal observation of areas I've worked. The particular crossing I described was on a road to a plant that I did work at for just under 2 years and most of the guys who worked there did, in fact stopped when approaching that crossing, though there were a few who did not. Also, many of those who did only started doing so after a close call. In the time I worked there I only saw a train 3 or 4 times and missed the poorly marked crossing until I was on it more than once because I was not being attentive enough, though that was early on.