May 06, 2004
Oookay
Dad works for the railroad, so I learned early on that you stop at the crossings when a train is coming. Then if the train is half a mile down the tracks and going about 2 miles an hour, proceed to cross. But don't go around any barriers.
So whenever I hear about some schmuck who attempted to beat the train, I figure they got what they deserved, and it was that whole Darwin-thing at work.
But this is a new twist...slamming into a stopped train?
Posted by Jennifer at May 6, 2004 11:57 AMInvestigators do not know what caused the crash. from the article.
Hell, I do--some idiot ran into a train!
Posted by: Victor at May 6, 2004 12:53 PMWhen I was stationed in Nebraska, the knuckle dragging, culturally insensitive crowd used to point to things like this as anecdotal evidence that the name of the neighboring state to the east was actually a Native American acronym, which broke out to 'Idiots Out Wandering Around'
I always found this to be a rude over-generalization, mind you.
Posted by: Wind Rider at May 7, 2004 05:38 AMotoh, it has been pointed out (although not here, I'm sure) that at one point when there were exactly two automobiles registered/liscensed in Iowa, that they had a traffic accident...I can't confirm rumours to the effect that the cause of that one is still an open investigation, however.
In Texas, there is a joke about the graduate of a certain university who raced a freight train to a crossing, misjudged his timing, and hit the forty-third car.
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