Train hits fire truck March 1st in Detroit

[TruckDriver]

Saw this on the news a little while ago.

It WAS a $600,000 fire truck they said.

I'd think someone is going to be in trouble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ji0bTmrspo

[69bronzeT5]

I love how fast the cop got off the tracks when he saw the train coming. I love this guy's comment....

"Well, it's crystal clear that the train is at fault here since it never even attempted to swerve or turn out of the way of that truck. I mean what do the trains think... that they own the tracks and there shouldn't be any fire trucks parked on them? Clearly the Detroit fire trucks are in control of the train tracks and those pesky trains need to stay off of them"

[mopar73]

I love how fast the cop got off the tracks when he saw the train coming. I love this guy's comment....

"Well, it's crystal clear that the train is at fault here since it never even attempted to swerve or turn out of the way of that truck. I mean what do the trains think... that they own the tracks and there shouldn't be any fire trucks parked on them? Clearly the Detroit fire trucks are in control of the train tracks and those pesky trains need to stay off of them"

[bull]

I love how fast the cop got off the tracks when he saw the train coming. I love this guy's comment....

"Well, it's crystal clear that the train is at fault here since it never even attempted to swerve or turn out of the way of that truck. I mean what do the trains think... that they own the tracks and there shouldn't be any fire trucks parked on them? Clearly the Detroit fire trucks are in control of the train tracks and those pesky trains need to stay off of them"

That's only slightly better than the clueless rebuttal: "you are and idiot! The train can't swerve or turn out of the way. It has to follow the tracks. The engineer only has a throttle and a brake. The Firetruck should NEVER have been parked on the train tracks. Trains always have the right away. Your posting shows just how ingorant you are as regards to the operation of trains and the law."

[tan top]

  scary stuff !!

[Todd Wilson]

Perfect example of not occupying a railroad crossing if you cannot get thru it. Never Never Never stop on the tracks.  If you are in traffic and have to stop  then stop before you go over the tracks. When traffic moves again and you have enough room to go over the tracks to the other side then go. I have seen this situation on the video many many many time.........someone always stopping on the tracks. The firetruck and the cop both were not being safe.


Todd

[John_Kunkel]

Seems like the engineer was a little late getting on the horn, a few more seconds might have made a difference. 

[Mike DC]

   
Those trains are sneaky.  They really come out of nowhere when you're least expecting it.   

 

[resq302]

With working for a police dept, anytime we or the fire dept is on the tracks or even on a call near them, we have to notify the railroad for officer safety.  Wonder if that was done?

[Todd Wilson]

Seems like the engineer was a little late getting on the horn, a few more seconds might have made a difference. 

Maybe he was in a no horn blowing zone. They are out there.   Also he may have been blowing the horn before the tape started.


Todd

[200MPH]

Simple stay off the tracks!

[Todd Wilson]

Simple stay off the tracks!

Naaaa thats too easy!!!!!!   Working for the railroad I find it troubling   that people are attracted to the tracks like a bug to a light. They feel like they have to walk down the middle of the track between the rails. Unaware that a train can sneak up on them. A sleeping baby can make more noise then a railcar rolling down a track in the rail yard.


Todd

[200MPH]

Yep!

[rollingthunder]

Simple stay off the tracks!

Naaaa thats too easy!!!!!!   Working for the railroad I find it troubling   that people are attracted to the tracks like a bug to a light. They feel like they have to walk down the middle of the track between the rails. Unaware that a train can sneak up on them. A sleeping baby can make more noise then a railcar rolling down a track in the rail yard.


Todd

boy thats the truth bing a railroader myself  I've see that all the time.

[Silver R/T]

With working for a police dept, anytime we or the fire dept is on the tracks or even on a call near them, we have to notify the railroad for officer safety.  Wonder if that was done?

I do think train was notified already and he was stopping mile ago, however you can't stop a train with 80+ cars in a half a mile

[68X426]

Seems like the engineer was a little late getting on the horn, a few more seconds might have made a difference. 

Very likely a no horn zone. Damn near the whole state of California is a quiet (no horn) zone. Community activists and their lawyers don't like horns, they win at councils and in court, and then the next of kin wonder why there was silence just before horrific accidents.

And then the same "noise nazis" won't get off their cell phones at restaurants and movies.

Rant over.

[resq302]

With working for a police dept, anytime we or the fire dept is on the tracks or even on a call near them, we have to notify the railroad for officer safety.  Wonder if that was done?

I do think train was notified already and he was stopping mile ago, however you can't stop a train with 80+ cars in a half a mile

Sorry, I don't buy it.  If the train was notified, they were either notified too late or he did not try to slow down in time.  Or.... no one from the rail company notified dispatch to advise PD and FD that there was a train coming in case they had anyone on the tracks.  Maybe it is different here in NJ.

[John_Kunkel]

Very likely a no horn zone. Damn near the whole state of California is a quiet (no horn) zone.

I understand that, but when lives/property are at stake I doubt if the engineer would worry about such regs. My comment came from the fact that even I (with failing eyesight) could make out the rig blocking the tracks long before the horn was heard.

Admittedly not knowing all of the regs, I find it strange that an unprotected crossing would be exempt from the long-long-short-loooong horn requirements that the Feds mandate.

[derailed]

I do think train was notified already and he was stopping mile ago, however you can't stop a train with 80+ cars in a half a mile

It was a passenger train, not freight. You can see in the video how much they slowed down when they saw the truck and how quick they stopped afterward. The newer passenger equipment has some incredible braking power. They need to change the video name from close call to direct hit.