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IF YOU EVER HAVE TIME I SUGGEST YOU HANG OUT AT CUTTING BLVD RAIL CROSSING IN RICHMOND
WHERE YOU MIGHT JUST SEE PEOPLE SNAPPING PHOTOS OF THEIR KIDS
NATS: AMBIANCE
ALBEIT TAKING THE PHOTO ON ACTIVE RAILROAD TRACKS, AND WHEN I MEAN ACTIVE I MEAN TRAINS
GOING BY AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
NATS: AMBIANCE (TRAIN CROSSING BY)
SO WHY IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE DRIVERS STOPPED ON THESE VERY SAME TRACKS
BUT WHAT'S EVEN MORE DISTURBING IS THIS AC TRANSIT BUS WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO STOP
LOOK AND LISTEN BEFORE CROSSINGS
THE CALIFORNIA STOP FOR TRANSIT BUSES CARRY DOZENS OF PASSENGERS AS FAR AS I CAN TELL
IS NOT WRITTEN IN ANY DRIVERS MANUAL
I HAVE COVERED THIS BEFORE AT THE VERY SAME CROSSING WHERE ITW AS ALL AC TRANSIT BUSES
BUT THIS TIME ITS
NATS: AMBIANCE
ALSO GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT BUSES AT LEAST THIS ONE FAILED STOP LOOK AND LISTEN AT THIS CROSSING
NOW TO BE FAIR THER WAS SOME DRIVER THAT CAN TO A BRIEF STOP BUT FOR THE MOST PART MANY
JUST KINDA ROLL ON THROUGH
NATS: AMBIANCE
EVEN THIS SHUTTLE WHICH IS BY DEFINATION IS A BUS THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STOP
THIS IS WHAT COULD HAPPENED IF A TRAIN IMPACTS A TRAIN, THIS HAPPENED BACK IN 2010 WHEN THE
BUS STALLED ON THE TRACK
GOOD THING THE BUS WAS EMPTY
BUS DRIVERS KNOW THEY ARE REQUIRED AND CERTAIN RAIL CROSSINGS BUT MANY USE THE EXCUSE THEY
HAVE A TIGHT SCHEDULE TO KEEP
NATS: AMBIANCE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IF AN AC TRANSIT BUS
DRIVER GETS CAUGHT IGNORING STATE LAW REGARDING RAIL CROSSING IT COULS BE A JOB CHANGING EXPERIENCE
BUT TO ME THAT BETTER THAN THE LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF A BUS FULL
OF PASSENGERS GET STRUCK
NATS: TRAIN SPEEDING PAST
IN RICHMOND STANLEY ROBERTS KRON 4 NEWS