Sentences with phrase «over railroad crossings»

Still, the test car was a good - looker and, for those more interested in straight - ahead driving than in getting sideways in turns, the LX would provide adequate acceleration and a comfortable ride — nothing to smirk at by those of us who have to ease our stiff - suspensioned sports machines over railroad crossings and broken pavement.

I can't remember the last time I complained about a weak handbrake compromising my ability to initiate spins on dry pavement, and the ability to jump over railroad crossings is something I haven't tested in a car on a routine basis since I owned a Subaru Impreza WRX over a decade ago.

Whereas the last Camaro convertible twisted and trembled over every railroad crossing, Camaro chief engineer Al Oppenheiser claims such quivering won't be noticeable in the new car.

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As the summer sun glowed golden over Ballard, a neighborhood rich with Scandinavian history, I crossed the old railroad tracks, past the main streets, and made my way into a shipyard where relics of the old neighborhood were displayed as if it were a museum.

The village is applying for three federal grants to build two bike paths and a pedestrian crossing over railroad tracks.

«Although the number of fatalities and accidents at highway - railroad grade crossings have fallen steadily on a national level, over the past several years collisions have increased across New York State,» said Carlucci, a Rockland lawmaker and member of the independent Democratic Conference.

State assemblyman Kevin Cahill, a fellow Democrat who has crossed swords with Hein over the county's assumption of Safety - Net payments from the towns, has also taken the railroad's side in the dispute.

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.

Bikers and joggers are about to encounter the city's most unique pedestrian crossing, which will be near the Peace Bridge and over the Niagara Thruway and CSX Railroad.

Start (or end) your ride in Valentine for a chance to cross an old 148 - foot high railroad bridge over the Niobrara River.

The Z4 sDrive35i's body structure is notably stiff; every time I went over rough pavement, I marveled at how well this very tightly screwed - together roadster absorbed the bumps, the heaves, the asphalt patches, and the railroad crossings.

Scuttle shake is mercifully quelled despite the rubber - band profile tires and chopped top, although as with nearly all convertibles that were once coupes, there is still a bit of structural movement over broken pavement and railroad crossings.

But crossing railroad tracks or driving over bad pavement was a punishing, spine - bruising exercise.

I repeatedly drove the test truck over a badly paved railroad crossing and on a dirt road pockmarked with holes.

After repeatedly driving over a rough railroad crossing in Longwood, I felt like I had been pummeled in the midsection by a professional boxer.

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.

Railroad crossing accidents Railroad crossing accidents can involve cars or trucks being struck or pedestrians being run over.

According to the Indiana Department of Transportation, the state has over 5,700 public railroad crossings, 2,030 of which have both flashing lights and gates to bar vehicles from going over the tracks when a train is near.

Since the 1970's railroad companies and state and local governments have placed thousands of signals and gates at crossings all over the country.

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