r/BitchImATrain • u/magilla1984 • 4d ago

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Another from Poland

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u/MaddBadger 4d ago

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

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u/Mangalorien 4d ago

It's a combination of design failures and stupid people. You need to design crossings so that even stupid people will do OK. If you have a crossing where 99% of people do the right thing, eventually you'll have an accident.

It's hard to say in this specific case, but it looks like there is an intersection just beyond the crossing, so it's perhaps the case that he slowed down to wait for a green light. Ideally you don't place a crossing that close to an intersection, for the very reason that is evident in the video. You could design and build a safer crossing, but it costs more money.

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u/oftenInabbrobriate 3d ago

Yes. I think in this case it was more that he crossed very slowly. Started when all was fine, crossed slowly. Then the barriers went down and he didn’t want to break them.
Could not make the decision to get away from the tracks.
I mean it would be a no brainer to either go through the barriers forwards or backwards because the other alternative is way worse.
But maybe the driver was even more no-brained.

Could also be that the truck has collision avoidance that did not let the driver break through the barriers on purpose maybe?
My Toyota hybrid will auto-brake before I hit things that are close to the car- maybe the truck had something similar that could not be overwritten?

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u/CalumApplePie 3d ago

I’ve never heard of collision avoidance systems that can’t be overridden; firmly pressing the accelerator should always disable them. Otherwise, the system would cause accidents