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re: Train cuts Range Rover in half near White Castle
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:59 pm to CENLALSUFAN
Posted on 6/2/16 at 2:59 pm to CENLALSUFAN
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Yeah..
Just glad you weren't on the train man.
1
Posted on 6/2/16 at 3:07 pm to Tigeralum2008
Those trains haul arse through that area, but still I do not understand how you cannot see it coming soon enough to not get hit by one.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 3:08 pm to Corch Urban Myers
Me too...i don't even want to imagine what I would do or how I would react.. They always told us when we hired out that it's not if but when it'll happen.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 3:09 pm to Tigeralum2008
will insurance total the r-rover or will they send it to a preferred body shop for repair?
Posted on 6/2/16 at 3:10 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Louisiana seems to have an unusually high number of train/car collisions IMO
That's because Louisiana has some of the least educated, idiots is country. Third to MS and AL of course.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 3:11 pm to SmellslikeKevinBacon
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Those trains haul arse through that area,
They go as fast as they are allowed
Posted on 6/2/16 at 3:18 pm to Skillet
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will insurance total the r-rover or will they send it to a preferred body shop for repair?
Seems like they total a car if a headlight is out these days
Posted on 6/2/16 at 3:27 pm to Tigeralum2008
I know accidents happen, but how does someone get hit by a train. In order to get hit, the train has to be pretty close to the crossing. And not having a railing isn't an excuse. Trains slow down driving through the city of Plaquemine then start to speed up on their way to white castle so its possible the train was still in the process of speeding up, but that would not have played a factor.
People just don't like to wait a few minutes for a train to pass by and would rather risk getting hit than waiting, which I don't understand.
People just don't like to wait a few minutes for a train to pass by and would rather risk getting hit than waiting, which I don't understand.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:31 pm to OweO
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In order to get hit, the train has to be pretty close to the crossing
Think you mean the car has to be pretty close to the crossing.. Or on top of it..
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People just don't like to wait a few minutes for a train to pass by and would rather risk getting hit than waiting, which I don't understand.
All the time
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:33 pm to SmoothOperator96
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Do you really NEED these..? Just fricking pay attention, don't stop on tracks, and don't try and beat out the train. Pretty hard to miss a train. Especially when they're sitting there blaring their horn
I read that the human brain has a hard time processing something that big moving that fast, so you think a train is moving slower than it really is.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:41 pm to OweO
quote:Speed limit is 20mph through there.
Plaquemine
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White Castle
Speed limit is 55mph through there, if I recall correctly.
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so its possible the train was still in the process of speeding up
You're talking about a 10 mile or so stretch of rail, it was likely already at it's max speed for the track.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:54 pm to Sasquatch Smash
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White Castle
Speed limit is 55mph through there, if I recall correctly.
60 is max but certain trains are reduced
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Plaquemine
Speed limit is 20mph through there.
Correct
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so its possible the train was still in the process of speeding up
You're talking about a 10 mile or so stretch of rail, it was likely already at it's max speed for the track.
Yep
Posted on 6/2/16 at 6:59 pm to Tigeralum2008
Almost made it.
I was actually in that area around that town.
I was actually in that area around that town.
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 6/2/16 at 7:06 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Louisiana seems to have an unusually high number of train/car collisions IMO
a lot of shitty drivers who don't stop and look.
Trains go fast, but not that fast.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 7:11 pm to Napoleon
I stop at all RR crossings regardless of arms or not.
I don't understand how people get hit by trains, it's not like the train swerves at the last minute to hit a car.
I don't understand how people get hit by trains, it's not like the train swerves at the last minute to hit a car.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 7:12 pm to Blitzed
quote:why it's a marked crossing, bless the dead, but c'mon man. whenever a train hits anyone it's never the train's fault. Lets be honest with ourselves.
Lawsuits inbound.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 7:15 pm to CENLALSUFAN
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In order to get hit, the train has to be pretty close to the crossing
Think you mean the car has to be pretty close to the crossing.. Or on top of it..
No, I think he meant the train has to be close.
If the train were far you would be able to cross without it hitting you.
Posted on 6/2/16 at 7:17 pm to Napoleon
I feel bad for the conductor. it wasn't his fault, but he has to live with killing 2 human beings the rest of his life. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night even though there was nothing I could do to prevent it
Posted on 6/2/16 at 7:20 pm to Napoleon
Understand..
Posted on 6/2/16 at 7:20 pm to Tigeralum2008
I saw on a news app these people on their way to attend
a funeral, how ironic and sad.
a funeral, how ironic and sad.
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