Passenger Trains > FL: BrightLine has third pedestrian hit in two weeks

BrightLine has encountered a string of strikes against trespassers / pedestrians in the roadway in Indian River County / Vero Beach FL. Three people in two weeks. One was sitting in the right of way and lost an arm. Another was walking along the right of way.  A third was standing in a public crossing. All within a mile or so

In the past, BrightLine has had these multiple strikes.  And resolved them by purchasing additional police vigilance in the area to keep people from trespassing in the mostly fenced, fully warning signed track area.

Is Brightline trying to take the trespasser strike record away from CalTrain?

Must be something in the water dissolving the brains of certain people.  Or, these were just people that were tired of living.  Getting hit by a train usually resolves that.  It's messy, but reliable. 

PHall Wrote:
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> Is Brightline trying to take the trespasser strike
> record away from CalTrain?
>
> Thought Brightline had the record years ago,
> for vehicle and pedestrian strikes!!!

Start stencilling the cab side with outlines of what the hit was that day.

I always thought some people's IQ dropped 20% when they get behind the wheel, but with these pedestrians, I suppose not.  



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/25 17:00 by joemvcnj.

You'd think they'd have about collected them all by now.
But,
Floriduh.

SP4360 Wrote:
> Start stencilling the cab side with outlines of
> what the hit was that day.

Now there's an idea!
We'll need a volunteer to come up with the required artwork depicting someone with their head up their a*s.
/Ted

                One would have to assume these people were drunk, on drugs, suicidal or were extremely moronic or a combination of any of those. I suppose which ever it was, they succeeded in creating a lot of trouble and grief for everyone who is involved or has to clean it up.

There seems to be a lot of crazy driving risk taking in this part of Florida.

People blowing thru red lights, going around rail gates, etc. Pedestrian and driver stuff.

It must be tough for a BrightLine, Tri-Rail, etc engineer. Anybody near the tracks could do something stupid in a minute.

Posted from Android

I have no idea how but the problem has to be fixed.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> There seems to be a lot of crazy driving risk
> taking in this part of Florida.
>
> People blowing thru red lights, going around rail
> gates, etc. Pedestrian and driver stuff.
>
> It must be tough for a BrightLine, Tri-Rail, etc
> engineer. Anybody near the tracks could do
> something stupid in a minute.
>
> Posted from Android

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joemvcnj Wrote:
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> I always thought some people's IQ dropped 20% when
> they get behind the wheel, but with these
> pedestrians, I suppose not.  

Northwestern University just recently came out with a study that showed IQ test results have been dropping for a decade or so. I blame computers. They’re doing to brains what machines did to our bodies. Made them fat and flabby.

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One solution would be strict enforcement of traffic rules. When BrightLine first launched in Broward county, nobody paid attention to the warning flashers, gates, etc, etc.  We discussed it on TO.

BrightLine hired deputies to sit on problem crossings, and bagged a lot of violators. Some of whom had warrants out, were carrying weapons or drugs as felons, and various other mischief.  After a while, people got the message, and the collisions decreased.  Still see the occasional suicide, giving the engineer the finger until they disappear from camera view.  But the wholesale carnage has ended down south.