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WTF is wrong with people? Who drive around railroad gates that are down on a train track, with the lights flashing?? It means a train is fucking coming! And on Thanksgiving no doubt, returning home from dinner. A elderly couple in Kansas decided this was a good idea. Disregard the gate and just haul ass. Guess what? They got stuck on the track. With a freight train barreling towards them! They were pushed down the track between 1/2 to 1 mile. Then the vehicle caught fire and they were not able to be rescued... All because they did not want t o wait a few minutes for a train! Wow! Words continue t o fail pac. Because people do this shit everyday!   ~ Physical strength is measured by what we carry. Inner strength is measured by what we can bear. ~ |
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Don't be a dumb ass!  ~ Physical strength is measured by what we carry. Inner strength is measured by what we can bear. ~
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I just do not understand it either
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Pac, there a re a number of shortages in the world - respect - fairness - understanding and patience .. just to name a few. Unfortunately the whole Covid situation has also highlighted the shortage in rational thinking, and the monumental surplus of stupid decision making. You can't fix people or change the world, just don't be at the front of the line when strangers start giving away free koolade.
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The pessimist sees the dark tunnel. The optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel. The realist sees two lights at the end of the tunnel. And the engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks.
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Said it before and I'll say it again...you can't fix stupid. Thinking about it I guess some situations are what I'm going to call "Darwin Filters", the kind of things that eliminate people who have low potential for survival and remove themselves from the gene pool
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11/26/2021 4:21 pm |
It makes you wonder.
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We've had the same stupitity over here in the UK. A few years ago a similar thing happened over here except it derailed the train & there were injuries & death on the train not just the people in the car. Trains they're just to big to play chicken with, plus they tend not to swerve. A few years ago an electrician I worked had a son who was a train driver. He had someone step in front of his train on purpose. He had to give it up after that, just couldn't face going back to it.
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pac This is so sad and , and you say, so unnecessary! They do have the Darwin Awards for these people! A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw Jenny
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I watched the ambulance zig zag through the gates as the train at 60 to 80 mph almost hit them, the engineer hit the emergency brakes. How much damage was done to the brakes and wheels I don't know but the train took more than a mile to stop because it cleared the crossing. The ambulance was still on the other side at the gas station, the staff getting coffee.
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It happens quite a lot around here as there are many crossings - usually its a lazy farmer leaving a tractor and trailer across the line while he opens the gates, but on the rare ones the driver drives around the half barriers. There was one of an old man who was out with his grandson, and for no reason just drove round the barriers into the path of a fast passenger train - the old man and the kid were killed instantly, the train driver was injured physically and mentally, and a number of passengers had to have treatment, all due to the actions of the individual ........ he'd never done it before, and nobody knew why that day, especially with his grand-kid sitting next to him. It's just sad to hear of the loss of life , and lives changed due to one episode of stupidity. D-J xx
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You can't fix stupid! One might say it got fixed in this case. How sad that it happened .... I agree - WTF is wrong with people? I remember seeing the aftermath of a pickup & train collision when I was in high school. The trains went by my hometown FAST, as in FAST. I'm not sure what the circumstances were, but, to this day, I remember what the remains of that pickup looked like. I have been paranoid/respectful of train tracks ever since. I always stop when it's indicated to do so and will look both ways about 100 times. My head is on the proverbial swivel. Make Women Female Again
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Welcome to kansas...where this happens more than you think... Am i suprised that people dont want to wait behind a train? Fuck most people dont want to be stuck behind my truck doing the legal speed limit
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People who do that are fucktard. Howling at the moon and mal ad osteo.
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I was once in a train who did have this kind of "accident". I thought someone had trown a bike on the rails! The train did not had high speed at that moment All the doors & windows closed immediately. The train stopped in the middle of nowhere, and police and ambulance folks walked past the train to pick off human remains, off the train! They had like baking trays in their hands and very big tweezers. It was horrible. The fire brigade did hose down the train, before we could move on. That crossing was known as a suicide crossing.... The engine-driver did look like wet newspaper, totally in shock! it was awfull. I always wait! It took me a halve a day to come to my appointment, way too late, offcourse.
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"Trains can't swerve even if they want to!" Yep, thats what makes them such a bad choice to play chicken with. I'm so sorry to hear about your accident. Not your fault of course, even so, I can only imagine how hard that is to deal with.
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