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Brightline Grade Crossing Incidents

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Brightline Grade Crossing Incidents

 #1584498  by John_Perkowski
 
Grade Crossing Wreck in Pompano Beach, 11-8-21

Woman, grandson in car struck by Brightline train in Pompano Beach. The Father of the toddler says he has ‘miracle baby’ after boy survived crash

Re: Grade Crossing Wreck in Pompano Beach, 11-8-21

 #1584548  by kitchin
 
The car turned onto the tracks.

Brightline has a lot of at-grade crossings in busy areas , except the rail under construction from Cocoa to Orlando. They're upgrading every crossing imaginable it seems, but without plastic stick bollards.

Re: Grade Crossing Wreck in Pompano Beach, 11-8-21

 #1584593  by Erie-Lackawanna
 
It has been reported on all the local news media (and nearby security camera video seems to confirm this) that the driver attempted to make a u-turn to get off the tracks. I would speculate that she stopped on the tracks (maybe traffic ahead that should have made her stop before entering the railroad right-of-way), and when the crossing protection activated, she tried to escape by making the unsuccessful u-turn.

Jim

Re: Grade Crossing Wreck in Pompano Beach, 11-8-21

 #1584601  by ExCon90
 
Do high schools still offer driver's ed? Required or elective? (If elective I assume everybody takes it, since it has to be the easiest A in the curriculum -- and the homework is fun.) If so, is there much emphasis on the need to wait on the near side until there's room for you on the far side? Many crossings have signs, but they're disregarded all the time.

Re: Grade Crossing Wreck in Pompano Beach, 11-8-21

 #1584975  by R&DB
 
I don't have any specific information, but there have been cases where a GPS has told people to turn and they turned onto the tracks instead of the following intersection.

Re: Grade Crossing Wreck in Pompano Beach, 11-8-21

 #1585194  by Ridgefielder
 
R&DB wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:19 am I don't have any specific information, but there have been cases where a GPS has told people to turn and they turned onto the tracks instead of the following intersection.
There have been documented cases of this actually causing grade-crossing accidents, particularly in situations where a road crosses the tracks just before an intersection. I know of one that happened here, for instance, on MN's Harlem Division: https://goo.gl/maps/ys6mHphMqRBSrtpk9

Re: Grade Crossing Wreck in Pompano Beach, 11-8-21

 #1585283  by arthur d.
 
electricron wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:28 pm
BandA wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:49 pm Need to idiot proof this by putting gates across the tracks that close when the intersection is open to car traffic, then open when the normal gates close.
The best idiot proof is not to grant idiots licenses to drive. :-D
Lack of a license won't stop idiots from driving.
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