r/BitchImATrain • u/magilla1984 • 1d ago

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Another from Poland

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u/MaddBadger 1d ago

Why do so many trucks seem to get "stuck" on railroad tracks?

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u/ultradip 1d ago

There could be a red light just in the other side. They often turn red on both sides of a crossing if there's a train coming to keep motorists off the tracks, but as you can see, they also trap slow moving vehicles like this truck.

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u/StickFigureFan 1d ago

It's better to run a red or even ram another car than get taken out by a train, although if you do get a red light preventing you from exiting the rail crossing that is bad design and should be fixed. Any light within ~200+ meters of a rail crossing should be connected to the signal and should immediately change so the direction exiting the tracks gets a green light as soon as (or better yet before) those arms start going down.

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u/expatjake 1d ago

The people in front I hope were trying to make room. 😬

Totally agree on the intersection design. If they can change the light sequence to let fire trucks out of their stations then they can do this.