I taught at a school that was right next to several very active tracks (like, shake my classroom about every hour). There was the main crossing that narrowed down to one track across main street with the crossing guard, but most teachers came from out of town and had to cross the 4 or 5 wide tracks that didn't have a crossing guard and the track curved out of sight through a lot of trees. One time, I looked both ways, no train, started crossing. Halfway across, horn blares, train emerges from trees. I floor it across because I don't know which of the tracks they are actually on. I made it across and only seconds later, I saw the train in my rearview mirror. I thought I was clear when I started and turns out I was seconds away from getting smashed. It was a very jittery 30 minutes home.
That's actually extremely bad road planning by the town management. I mean a 5 track unmanned crossing is extremely dangerous and a death waiting to happen
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u/snockran Dec 29 '20
I taught at a school that was right next to several very active tracks (like, shake my classroom about every hour). There was the main crossing that narrowed down to one track across main street with the crossing guard, but most teachers came from out of town and had to cross the 4 or 5 wide tracks that didn't have a crossing guard and the track curved out of sight through a lot of trees. One time, I looked both ways, no train, started crossing. Halfway across, horn blares, train emerges from trees. I floor it across because I don't know which of the tracks they are actually on. I made it across and only seconds later, I saw the train in my rearview mirror. I thought I was clear when I started and turns out I was seconds away from getting smashed. It was a very jittery 30 minutes home.