Originally Posted by
BenBurch
OK, I confirmed today that this crossing was within a five-mile-wide quiet zone in which trains are prohibited from sounding their horns for crossings.
This ordinance murdered those people.
Had this train been blowing for every crossing from miles away, nobody would have been surprised by a train, and the float would likely not have been on that crossing.
Maybe, but the NTSB has confirmed that the truck entered the crossing several seconds
after the lights and bells went on, and the gate came down on the trailer. That driver should be charged with something!