[:(]Don’t they EVER learn???..http://www.fox6.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=B17A2AC6-93A3-4C5B-ABE8-CE81D94DEFB1
Nope.
Unbeleivable. Most Amtrack trains would take what 10-20 seconds tops to pass? High price to pay for impatience
People this stupid (or arrogant depending how you look at it) are best gone from the gene pool. How much brain power and/or common sense does it take to not challengs thousands of tons of metal?
More brainpower than my entire english class has combined…it’s that kind of people who do this sort of stuff, and it’s this kind of people who get killed doing a LOT of other stupid things. If it wasn’t for them getting themselves killed, the world might be worse off, with a lot more hobos…
This is terrible. It is also clear evidence that some people just never learn… God Bless the families ivolved.
I do wonder was this Amtrak train a long distance run or was it an express service? Even if this was a long distance train, it doesn’t hurt nor will it waste too much time to wait for this train to clear the crossing, it isn’t a mile long freight. However, some people just don’t know that, they also believe that from looking from a distance tells the person were the train is and how fast it’s going. NOPE WRONG ANSWER. It creates an illusion, espeacilly in the summer time, when you are faced head on with a train you aren’t able to detrmine it’s speed. That is a bad judgement call.
It was a Pacific Surfliner (from either Santa Barbra or LA to San Diego). My timetable says it’s 30 mph there.
It is most difficult for me to feel sorry for this individual who got himself killed for his lack of patience, and to refer to him as being stupid or grossly ignorant really doesn’t accomplish anything worthwhile. My heartfelt sympathies go out to his family, but also mostly to the engineer of the Amtrak train and who ever else might have been in the cab at the time they hit him. I am sure they will have nightmares of this incident for a long time to come.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816
Most people don’t realise that you CANNOT judge the speed of the train when you are almost on top of it. Just like in a car, if you are very close to the crossing, you can’t judge the speed of the oncoming train. Very sad story, but another case of poor judgement. Unfortunatly, he doen’t get another chance. Mike
The Amtraks here are not long and it was not stopping there, but there’s no excuse
to try to beat any train.
Survival of the fittest (or should I say the smartest?) applies here.
They should have survival classes required in California schools. They think
nothing of stepping out in front of cars…so what’s the difference if it’s a train…it
has wheels and windows too…dude…[D)]
What is our world coming to when a young man makes a bad judgement call and is killed, and it prompts folks on the internet to call him arrogant and stupid rather than feel sorrow for his death?
We like and know trains. We would have not made the same bad judgement. So he deserved what he got because he doesn’t know as much as we do?
Tragic.
By 19 he ought to know how to read/understand warning lights and what they’re supposed to warn about. Maybe it wasn’t arrogant on his part. Stupid/foolish, and tragic yes. Nobody deserves to die from something that is preventable. IMHO they ask for trouble when they choose to disregard warnings and should know better. If you take the risk then you should be prepared for the consequences of that risk. Does that make more sense? Additoinally what of the crews? Don’t they suffer through these too? Yes they take risk of knowing this can happen when they go to work but it’s not like they can swerve or stop on a dime nor would they try to hit anyone.
Although this is a tragic event, I share CANADIANPACIFIC2816’s view. The engineer of the locomotive will suffer from this as well. But this is a risk that is included with the job. Unfortunately, it is worse when an actual pedestrian is hit when compared to when a vehicle is on the tracks. A bit more messy.[xx(]
People should get their FNA heads out of their A#@$#*@#. When they are near tracks or grade crossings. Some AMTRACK trains speed ranges from 30mphr-almost 90mphr depends on state-state or town-town it varies. Yes i also agree with CANDIANPACIFIC2816’s view.
The shame of these grade crossing tragedies is that they will never end…
Someone will always seem to try and play chicken with LARGE VEHICLES.
For whatever reason, some will NEVER learn.
The real tragedy is in what they leave behind.
Sam
Like has been said before all you can do is feel bad for the family and the train crew involved. Believe me it is a awful to see someone killed in such a manner.