[PRCo] Re: Fwd: [EastPennTraction] Fwd: Upper Darby, Pa. - SEPTA to remove LRT crossing gates

[Ken and Tracie]

Here's a recent satellite image of the densely populated area where the 
crossings I mentioned are located.
K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken and Tracie" <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:20 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: [EastPennTraction] Fwd: Upper Darby, Pa. - SEPTA to 
remove LRT crossing gates


>I remember mentioning that when I was a child, frequent Milwaukee Road
> trains, some traveling at a high rate of speed, used to cross Villard 
> Avenue
> in the former Town of North Milwaukee with nothing more than flashers.
> Motorists respected (or at least feared) the trains. There were frequent
> movements at the easternmost crossing near the North Milwaukee Shops.
>
> A generation later, there were gates installed to stop all the collisions.
> So people started driving around the dropped gates.
>
> My point is, if people are irresponsible enough to require the 
> installation
> of crossing gates and then want them removed because they perceive these
> gates as an impediment, SEPTA should find a way to reach an agreement to 
> not
> be held
> responsible for any liabilities at any of the affected crossings.
>
> When I was in Drivers' Ed, we were taught the physics of railed vehicle
> versus automobile and which vehicle ALWAYS had the right of way.
>
> Too bad there will be operators who will have to live with the deaths 
> caused
> by morons colliding with their trolleys.
>
> K. 


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