During the weekend of the memorable «Super Moon» that shone over Essex County, I
stopped at a railroad crossing between Essex and Whallonsburg and watched a hundred tankers full of highly volatile Bakken Crude Oil pass by.
Part of continued, increased focus on reducing
fatalities at railroad crossings Administrator urges increased cooperation, highlights funding opportunities, offers FRA expertise
More alarmingly, over half of these collisions
occur at railroad crossings that have inadequate automatic warning devices such as flashing lights and lowering gates, or lack them altogether.
Earlier this year, lawmakers approved a bill that would require the Department of Transportation to study
safety at railroad crossings around the state.
Katko, R - Camillus, said he quickly realized that the train had been involved in an
accident at a railroad crossing that left one of the truck's passengers dead and at least five people injured.
Much like traffic
signals at a railroad crossing, red lights embedded in the pavement will warn aircraft to stay clear of occupied lanes; so far the system has reduced runway incursions where it has been deployed.
During a car chase, they jubilantly ditch the
police at a railroad crossing, before recalling the plan was to intentionally lure the cops to their hideout and expose their nemesis.
During the four - week trial in August, lawyers for Amtrak and Union Pacific Railroad used videos from the train itself to argue that the lights and
gate at the railroad crossing worked properly at the time of the accident, and the driver of the truck failed to respond to several whistle blasts from the train before smashing into the fourth car of the train in a fiery collision.
For example, if a truck driver fails to stop
at a railroad crossing when the lights and gate are properly working and then crashes into a passenger train, killing several people, it could be argued that he or she did not exercise the reasonable care that a truck driver should when approaching a railroad crossing.
A Federal Railroad Administration spokesman confirmed that «the active warning system did not function» when Katie Lunn's SUV was
broadsided at a railroad crossing and resulted in the fatal train crash.
15 miles - per -
hour at railroad crossings, in alleys, and highway intersections without 100 feet of visibility of approaching vehicles, and 25 miles - per - hour in business and residential districts and school zones (some school zones may have speed limits as low as 15 mph.
Regarding the article concerning the new apartments being built in Pompano Beach, I hope the new tenants realize they will be
living at a railroad crossing where the horn blasts will be all night long and numerous.
According to the US Department of Transportation, approximately 5,800 vehicle train accidents occur each year in the United States, accidents which typically
occur at railroad crossings.
Whether it was a derailment or an accident involving a
car at a railroad crossing, a train wreck can inflict catastrophic injuries and create devastating property damage.
WASHINGTON — As the next step in its ongoing efforts to increase
safety at railroad crossings, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a list of railroad crossings in the United States where multiple incidents have occurred in recent years.
If you or someone in your family has been in an
accident at a railroad crossing and have suffered serious injuries, property damage, loss of pay and ongoing stress as a result, contact an attorney from Rad Law Firm today.
«Preventing incidents and fatalities
at railroad crossings is one of the Department's top priorities, and I urge states to work with FRA to achieve this life - saving goal.»
about Federal Railroad Administrator: We All Must Do More to Prevent Fatalities at Railroad Crossings
As we recently reported on our Chicago Car Accident Lawyers Blog, Illinois is one of 10 states that has been ordered by the federal government to develop additional safety measures to reduce the number of fatal accidents that occur
at railroad crossings.
Remember, school buses are required to stop
at railroad crossings to ensure the children's safety.
At railroad crossings, you have to be ready to stop as you enter, but if you do start crossing, you can't shift, can't stop (you have to make sure traffic isn't stopped on the far side so you get past the tracks), and you have to look out for the potential for bottoming or hitting things above.