There were no visible crossing gates or signals indicating a train was barreling down the tracks, according to the videos. Other cars ahead of the bus were rolling over the tracks mere seconds before the crash, while the other side of the street was at a standstill.
The bus driver - and the passengers would all have been a lot better off if he had just plowed ahead in to the cars in front of him instead of sitting on the tracks. Crazy, sad shit.
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The last bus I was on had to come to a full stop at the train tracks AND open the door to look before the bus started moving again.
ReplyDeleteIn my little town we have to cross BNSF railroad tracks to get into downtown - all 3 blocks of it. The crossing is in good repair, works well, the drivers always hit the whistle/horn and I do not know of an accident ever. Nonetheless, any time I approach I always look up and down the tracks for an oncoming train. School bus drivers do the same coming to a full stop. I figure that stuff happens and if there is ever a contention between me and a train, well, I am gonna lose...
ReplyDeleteEh, the above is in Mexico. Land of low-value of human life.
ReplyDeleteI did a couple of years driving buses (I don't live in the US) and I recall a requirement to stop at a rail crossing irrespective of alarms, barriers etc..
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