[PRCo] Re: Houston Light Rail

[John Swindler]

>roger noted:
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>You certainly cannot help the BRAIN-DEAD people that drive around lowered 
>gates at RR or Lightrail crossings. They are apparently suicidal or on 
>drugs. When the LAMETRO Blue line opened to Long Beach, there was numerous 
>collisions between trains and cars which drove thru  clossed gates!! One 
>paricular gruesome one was a taxi that raced the train down to the next 
>crossing with 5 passengers aboard, and turned in front of the light rail 
>train and was broad-side and pushed down the track. Everbody died in the 
>taxi !!  The europeans have it right. A barricade rises out of the pavement 
>that cannot be breached by a speeding auto which destroys itself on the 
>barricade and allows the train a an accident free passage !!!     
>rogertrolley
>


I see that the subject line is Houston light rail.  So speaking of Houston 
light rail, how about this article -  and the line hasn't even opened?



KHOU-TV  11 News
Sunday, December 28, 2003

Fifth Metro rail accident since testing began

>From 11 News Staff Reports

Metro's light rail is set to start taking passengers in one week, but 
Saturday morning Metro was fixing damage from yet another accident.

A man in a Suburban was driving down Fannin near the medical center Friday 
when he crashed into the crossing arms.

No one was hurt, but the windshield of the SUV was crushed. The driver says 
he didn't see any warning that the arms were coming down.

That was the fifth accident since Metro began testing its rail cars.

Metro says drivers simply are not paying attention to the warning signs.

Surveillance video shows one driver who made an illegal turn, right into the 
path of a train.

So far Metro has issued more than 2,300 citations.

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