Eastern Railroad Discussion > New Darwin Award applicant

Railstream, Chesterton, Indiana   I'm sure he had something important to do...

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Like get HIT

Moron is on a mission to Raise everybody else automotive insurance.

"A train may be coming from any direction, on any track, at any time."

"You gotta ask yourself...'Do I Feel LUCKY?'.......Well, do you?  Punk!!!"

       In order to have a possible Darwin award winner, the photo should also include the train. That way we 'know' and have something to compare to - in distance and closeness to the award itself.

       OR:  A photo of the car in numerous pieces taken right after this would work too. We ain't picky.

dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
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>        In order to have a possible Darwin
> award winner, the photo should also include the
> train. That way we 'know' and have something to
> compare to - in distance and closeness to the
> award itself.
>
>        OR:  A photo of the car in numerous
> pieces taken right after this would work too. We
> ain't picky.

I think that both gates being all the way down is adequate.

Thats nothing go to DERRY,PA and Watch young women push baby stollers in front of trains and watch there kids ride over the tracks all day long !!!

Yeah, and if the fool gets struck and survives, with massive injuries, a jury will hear the plaintiff's attorney say in his
closing statement "we can't let this Norfolk Southern Railroad come to Indiana and cause harms against innocent persons..
make the right decision on this case..."...

I've participated in civil trials as a juror and substitute the railroad's name with another defendant and that's what you'll
hear. What a crock...

The picture posted is a screen shot from the Chesterton, ID railcam looking west.  Is there a train stopped just out of camera view....or one approaching at 3 mph?  We don't know the facts or circumstances.  If you watched this railcam for a week, you could probably view several "snapshots" similar to this one.  It is always best to wear a life preserver of facts before you jump into the deep end of the opinion pool.

http://www.railstream.net/live-cameras/item/chesterton-in-west-free
 

The gates could have been stuck in the lowered position for some reason with no train in sight.  I bet that you have had a Darwin moment in you past.  

Possibly malfunctioning gates, looks like the driver has a nice wide view of anything that could be coming.

emd_mrs1 Wrote:
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> Possibly malfunctioning gates, looks like the
> driver has a nice wide view of anything that could
> be coming.

I was under the impression that all Western Indiana was was nice wide views...

Should have waited a few hours to post this on "Moron Monday". 

As Cinder said you can watch that website and see morins doing what you see here as an Amtrak or stack train bears down on them at 60+ MPH.They just slow down and zig-zag through. And yes they have clear sight-lines to make the conscious decision to take the chance.
Gonut

There was in fact a freight train approaching at speed, arriving at the crossing about 5 seconds after the car crossed. 

But here's another one.  Car making a left-hand turn around the back end of a stopped commuter, in a town (Ashland, VA) where trains do not blow the horn, and so the driver has no idea if anthing is approching from the north.  This from  Virtual Failfan camera, 7:15am today.

On closer inspection, it appears the crossing guard waved him through, even though he also CANNOT SEE if anything is approaching from the north.  If you have Virtual Railfan you can see it for yourself in the DVR playback section.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/17 11:58 by abn1.

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