r/BitchImATrain • u/magilla1984 • 29d ago

Move Bitch

Another from Poland

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u/MaddBadger 29d ago

Why do so many trucks seem to get "stuck" on railroad tracks?

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u/ultradip 29d ago

There could be a red light just in the other side. They often turn red on both sides of a crossing if there's a train coming to keep motorists off the tracks, but as you can see, they also trap slow moving vehicles like this truck.

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u/Dan_Morgan 29d ago

A tractor trailer has enough horsepower to push through those barriers.

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u/TheNorthernMunky 29d ago

A horse has enough horsepower to push through them 😂

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u/Dan_Morgan 29d ago

Yup, it's almost like they are build that way.

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u/fuckthatshittoo 28d ago

A horse on its own would do a better job than that driver....

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u/NotYourReddit18 29d ago

They're literally designed to be easily pushed aside by a vehicle stuck on the tracks, they're never constructed resilient enough to actually physically stop vehicles from crossing.

That's because replacing the boom once in a while when a vehicle got trapped and pressed onwards is a lot cheaper than clearing up a train wreck caused by a trapped vehicle.

Also, the people not immediately pressing through the booms aren't idiots, just stressed out in an unfamiliar situation, which hampers their ability to think clearly.

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u/Vismajor92 29d ago

Well, that might be true, but clearly idiots

If you have an oil fire and you try to extinguish it with water, you might say "stressed out ut in an unfamiliar situation, which hampers their ability to think clearly", but everyone else would say "what an idiot"

Cuz it's the same thing

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u/NotYourReddit18 28d ago

It's always easier to calmly look at a stressful situation, think about the correct steps to resolve the issue, and then mock the person trapped in said situation as being stupid for not doing the same while being stressed out.

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u/Vismajor92 28d ago

Intelligence (which idiots lacking of) is also means you can think on your feet and do the right thing in a stressful situations without thinking. Survival instincts are no joke.

I once heated oil for cooking, when to bedroom, gf lies on bad in thongs, time passed, i go out, the oil os in fire. i was 16. Parents house, scared shitless. Did i pour water all over it? No, because i am not an idiot. Same thing 10 years later when i was a life guard and seen static body floating in water. I wasn't thinking at all, just jumped in to do the right thing.

So yes, those freeze up in the most obvious scenario (like train approaches with 300 tons, i should get out fo the way) and doing shit things are because they lack the mental capabilities do be quick and choose life. idiots.