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109 Woodmere St, Detroit, MI 48209
Link: <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 16&iwloc=A>

CP 22t heading thru delray.

nssd70m-2 wrote:109 Woodmere St, Detroit, MI 48209
Link: <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 16&iwloc=A>

CP 22t heading thru delray.

Here is the correct link for the above post:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 3,,0,21.32

Google car going through activated signals at this crossing... Big 'Ol choo-choo not that far down the line either. Tsk tsk.

And a good look at the offending train here.

Street View drivers have a bad habit of running through active crossings.

Two from Turlock, CA.

Olive Ave:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 5,,0,12.45

Berkley Ave/Golf Road (somewhat in the distance, and in fact the Google car goes through the crossing just as it activates):

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 52,,0,6.69

I have more . . .

Smjh1979 wrote:Street View drivers have a bad habit of running through active crossings.

I haven't seen any photos showing the Google car "racing the gate" so to speak. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen though. At gateless crossings, there's no way for us to tell if the car didn't stop, see that the train was really slow/stopped/switching/backing up and decide it was safe to proceed. The cameras stop going when the car stops moving, or the driver deactivates it.

I have seen pictures where the car is pulling up to the gas pump or going though a drive-through, but that's another story.

Here's some more:

State Street, Santa Barbara, CA

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 07,,0,5.89


Tehachapi Blvd, Monolith, CA (near Tehcachapi):

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 36,,0,7.48

Devonshire Street, Chatsworth, CA

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 78,,0,7.98

Sycamore Drive, Simi Valley, CA

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 9,,0,13.34

Here's one from Escondido, Ca. How much stuff can one cram on cantilevers!

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&sourc ... 77,,0,-5.2

Apparently a lot, even though some 12"x24" lights were skimped on a little bit.