Dumb, but I can see some mitigating circumstances. There doesn't appear to be any side lights on the crossing signal for eastbound Jefferson St. traffic making a left turn onto northbound 23rd St., as this vehicle was doing. In the street view, I also don't see a light-up "NO LEFT TURN" sign mounted to the traffic light cantilever.
When you're making a left turn, you're looking for oncoming (westbound, in this case) traffic, not a train coming up behind you over your left shoulder.
True, it is a quiet zone there.
Re: Crossing Gate Contact
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:22 pm
by cabman701
TrainmanKight wrote:
AndyWS wrote:That 23rd St. one...yikes!
Dumb, but I can see some mitigating circumstances. There doesn't appear to be any side lights on the crossing signal for eastbound Jefferson St. traffic making a left turn onto northbound 23rd St., as this vehicle was doing. In the street view, I also don't see a light-up "NO LEFT TURN" sign mounted to the traffic light cantilever.
When you're making a left turn, you're looking for oncoming (westbound, in this case) traffic, not a train coming up behind you over your left shoulder.
True, it is a quiet zone there.
But they also hit / drove under the crossing gate before being struck by the train.
Re: Crossing Gate Contact
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:07 pm
by TrainmanKight
cabman701 wrote:
TrainmanKight wrote:
AndyWS wrote:That 23rd St. one...yikes!
Dumb, but I can see some mitigating circumstances. There doesn't appear to be any side lights on the crossing signal for eastbound Jefferson St. traffic making a left turn onto northbound 23rd St., as this vehicle was doing. In the street view, I also don't see a light-up "NO LEFT TURN" sign mounted to the traffic light cantilever.
When you're making a left turn, you're looking for oncoming (westbound, in this case) traffic, not a train coming up behind you over your left shoulder.
True, it is a quiet zone there.
But they also hit / drove under the crossing gate before being struck by the train.
Yah, don't want to jump to conclusions, but I bet alcohol was involved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Y38E&t=252
I love this crossing, weekday commuter rush hour is nuts.
METRA Milwaukee District North, Milwaukee District West, North Central Service, along with Amtrak Empire Builder and Hiawatha Service all use this crossing totaling over 200 trains aday. http://goo.gl/maps/Q71fz
Re: Crossing Gate Contact
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:16 pm
by freebrickproductions
You can see a crossing gate that was damaged from the collision in the beginning of the video.
