This woman was not paying attention. She gets stuck on the tracks - and doesn’t turn off or take off the Ipod. Result???
[V]
Seems we are becoming a nation of pay attention to everything but what you are doing.
[:(][V][sigh] Not again…
I agree with you Mookie…
When it comes to railroad tracks, some people just don’t get it. [banghead]
That’s very sad. Actually she was paying attention, just to the WRONG thing.
I think we have also become a nation of fools who refuse to take responsibility for the safety in our own lives. “We” get hurt because we ignore or overlook the obvious dangers and then we turn around and file lawsuits against the other party. It doesn’t make any sense.
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You know, this will somehow become the railroad’s fault. Maybe because the railroad failed to post notices that there were tracks there or something. People need to learn to look at thier surroundings and think aobut where they are and what they are doing.
She is two feet shorter than she was when she left the house.
It’s random, terrible, and funny. Thumbs up to that last post…
She also won’t have a leg to stand on concerning a Lawsuit.
Well, the article I read indicated she complained of feet on fire and asked the Chief to put the fire out.
I guess she was not too quick on her feet today with all of that jogging.
It’s sad, unecessary wasteful and tragic.
Is it possible that the train horn is too WEAK to be over heard against an Ipod?
Ah well… Life is self cleaning, all the dummies and such tends to be cleared out by a certain percentage each year.
I hate to say this but I have a feeling that this lady will be fitted with artificial legs strong enough to continue her jogging and we will probably read about this a second time in the future at some point.
From what I read, it sounded like the engineer didn’t see what happened until it was over. He probably didn’t sound his horn, because it looked like this was in a railyard area. Even if he did, she probably had her iPod cranked and wouldn’t have heard the horn anyways.
It is very tragic, but I guess this is the price you pay for not being careful. [V]
It’s bad enough that this happened to a civilian , it also happens with appalling frequency to career railroad people.
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NEVER turn your back on equipment.
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Maintain a constant state of vigilance.
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Stay out of the “zone” unless you are required to be there.
another person stuck in thier “I” world not paying attention to the world around them
Train tracks, highway or out in the woods, thier a danger to all of us
Mookie, truer words have never been spoken!
would that be “iStupid”?
An iPhone. Everybody thinks these things will change the world; it’s just another gadget you don’t need. If you want a cell phone, than get a cell phone. Or better yet, just use a pay phone. [:(!]
As always, I have no sympathy for what she did. She trespassed and now has to live with the results for the rest of her life. Its sad that she lost her legs, I know what its like to have someone you love lose a limb.
If anything, she can become a spokeman for Operation Lifesaver, and can tell people about how she lost her legs, maybe then, the stupidity will go down by .000001%
Here, if you hit a person with your vehicle, you are considered at fault. Particularly in a crosswalk.They passed that here due to the number of people hit because a driver “did not see them”. It does not matter what the person did or was doing. You are considered to look out for them and see them, regardless. Your life is over if you hit a police officer. Imagine if they passed that for trains?!?
Horrifying tragedy that she did not take 2 seconds to look both ways as she approached the track. She is going to be agonizing over this for a long time.
Guys, we criticize this woman for a poor judgment call, but it’s nothing to laugh at. This easily could have been one of our friends or relatives. [V]
…How many of us talk on our cells while driving?
…or not stop fully at a STOP sign?
…or work with tools without using eye protection?
Point is that many of us make stupid, judgment decisions daily. This woman is likely no dumber or smarter than the rest of us.
Re: Train noise.
With the right conditions, (wind, no rail crossing nearby, etc) yes it is possible not to hear a train approaching if it doesn’t blow its horn (even more so with modern locomotives as they are much more muffled than their predecessors).
While photographing trains back in 1981 next SCL’s mainline out in my county, I turned my back for a few seconds to check and adjust my camera…I turned around and there’s 4 GE Dash 7s barreling towards me at 65mph+. No horn blowing. I heard the diesels when they were about 200 feet away. I only had time for one shot as the engineer then gave me a couple of friendly horn toots.
I’m glad that I had moved back away from those tracks.