So Many DUMB DRIVERS In Wisconsin Ignore Flashing Railroad Crossings!
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The driver who stopped was probably like 'Hey, I could've made it!'
Either that or hes another railfan.😂😂😂
100% I don’t even blame the drivers who went for it lol
@treymiller5736 how long does it really take to just wait like you're supposed to.... driving isn't just about your convenience but doing what you're supposed to in order to be a safe driver.......
@@truckercowboyed2638 depends on the train could be as long as an hour wait. If you ever got stuck behind a crawling train that’s super long you can easily get annoyed. Sure sometimes the wait is only about 5 mins but far too often it’s longer.
@@truckercowboyed2638if you’re on a 30 minute lunch break every minute counts. Whether it’s 5 or 45.
Dear car drivers, please believe it: The train is stronger than your car...
you cant educate the thick
Lol😅
Plus __ every train car can __ haul Up to __ __ 1 20 , 000 Lbs __ ( moving at Speeds 40 to 45 __ train cars __ numbers _ over 1 3 5 _ cars plus _ two 2 Engines - Or four Engines __ mixed _ front two 2 Or three 3 _ && then _ one 1 Or two 2 _ engines in Middle __( But then engines _ _ ( motor Power __ weights over __ 400 , 000 Lb that pull Train !!
Your comment made my head _ hurt
@@user-mc6hu3gv5zcan_you (please stop( using so_many. (un_needed)) char_acter(s(
You say “hello” to a 100 ton engine… only once.
Unless you are somehow magically alive, but you shouldn't be because of your own stupidity.
The locomotives weigh over 200 tons each. A fully loaded boeing 757 weighs 255,000 pounds.
@@Dave-dh7rt Thanks for the advice. My comment was just an attempt to dramatize the situation… 😉
Unless you're a train driver, then you can say hello to it every day.
As a little kid we used to say hello to them regularly. There were well used tracks about 3 doors down from our house. We'd wave at them and sometimes the crew would chuck candy at us.
Yeah, I know that wasn't what you had in mind. But it sparked a good memory from the early 1960s.
Remember, in an argument between you and a train physics says "you lose". Always.
What is it were a full big truck?
@user-kv5fw7xz9c everyone loses then
@@Beethoven5th oops, fixed
Train must make contact to win.
First driver could see the train and train physics says there is no way the train could have accelerated to the crossing faster than the car could get by.
@@user-kv5fw7xz9c let's put it this way, if it was an M1 Abrams tank, my money's on the much heavier and denser train.
It doesn't matter what you believe in, or how you think... A train ALWAYS has the right of way.
Well,that's what We believe in ( The TRAIN HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY)😊😊
The train has a right to speed tf up too but noooooo
@@HunterAnsorge-ok9jkthese are not passenger-type trains 💀
It's a freight train dummy you don't moves tons of weight very quickly....@@HunterAnsorge-ok9jk
@@HunterAnsorge-ok9jk not really they have speed limits they actually gotta follow.
“Don’t stop right in front of me” then roasts the driver for honoring his request 😂
He clearly would have wanted him to stop BEFORE getting into his shot, it’s seems fairly obvious 🤦♂️
It also seems fairly obvious anyone with depth perception can tell, that train is going slow and you have plenty of time to cross.
@@Solid_IPhow about you follow the rules and stop making up your own.
@@opalizard How about, make the rules make sense and I’ll follow them jack ass.
@@Solid_IPokay and? Do you make left turns on a red light just because you could? Or do you listen to the rules?
Them telling their car insurance companies “the train came out of nowhere” 😂😂😂
"The train swerved and hit me".
Those horns on your trains are great, I wish I could have one on my car 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Not just in Wisconsin, but everywhere.
All fun n games til they scrape you off the tracks, right?
Right on, Debbie!
Bebbie , drove from oconomowoc to glendale twice today, every idiot driver going ten under in borh lanes cant stay in lanes because they are on the phone.... wisconsin drivers are terrible
You think they're bad but there? Try driving anywhere in the south!
Same 1st thght!!! Here in Tennessee too!!!
Really LEANS on that whistle- he knows this is a gateless crossing. Good man!
You don't get out much huh? Here they blow thise horns regardless.
Mainly because people drive around the arms.
The faster they go the more they blow.
@@jaybee5832You must be a conductor... Ole Mr.Thomas the steamer my daddy head ass boy.. go sit down
I'd say "or woman," but we all know the toxic men pushed any women out of the profession decades ago
@@ninjalectualx ¿ Como feminicidio en mexico?
Unmanned* 😅
I was up in Oshkosh delivering a truck and had a train coming, so I stopped. A vehicle behind me decided they didn't like that and started honking at me😂. I politely got out and walked back there and told the woman that there was a train and if she was in a hurry she was more then welcome to go around well she about ran me over, flipped me off and by the time she got to the tracks the train was already there and not only that but it cane to a stop. We set there with her right next to my truck in then other lane for over an hour when it finally moved. I seen one of the guys that was on the train and thanked him, he was a bit confused until I told him what had happened. Made my day.
Respect to the ones who stopped
I once waited 10 minutes for a train because the crossing arms were down. Someone went around them and told me they were down for hours. So I navigated a dually truck and 20' trailer through them, and went on my way. Arms were fixed 8 hours later. I'm glad trains still blow horns!
There is an area in Louisville KY where they do not use horns.
Unfortunately, quiet zones are becoming more and more common
@@AJ-Palermo A town near me is a quiet zone, but there's gates and long straight views both ways. And a sign that says "no train horn" at the Xings. Darwin test.
Really trying not to be a smart alack here. I'm sure there are areas where trains are out of view, however, for the most part they are easily detected. They are huge and noisy. I've sat in my brother's home, blocks away, and still heard one when it came through. Except for a few exceptions, and I'm sure there are some, you have too try to get hit by a train. Please do not flood me with examples of times when people have been hit and it was not there fault, I noted I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule.
@@georgehunt6381 I won't argue with that. I live 3 miles from the tracks, and in the summer I wonder if the tracks aren't in my front yard, when the horns blow.
Who else here was expecting the train to hit one of those cars?
Well then u got some weird eyes, cause those cars were far away
It removes the dumb ones.
I was... not only would there have been the loss of a vehicle and with that the possibility of loss of life; but, there would have been the federal fine for "delay of schedule".
Yeah, I was disappointed.
It would have been nice. On the other hand, I didn't want the locomotive to be damaged.
Thank you for sharing the shot. I love trains, locomotives and the likes.
Big applause to the Kia driver for stopping prefectly and being calm ❤❤❤
I’ll be like that guy that stopped when he first heard the train whistle and sat there and waited for the train to go by. Not only is it good for safety but I like to watch the trains! 😂❤
That's fine until you're stuck waiting for ten minutes because the rain is like a mile long 😄
@@jackskellingtonsfollower3389 worth it!
@@jackskellingtonsfollower3389the trains around here have some cool graffiti on them, i don't mind waiting 🤷
You mean the one who obeyed the laws?
don't count the cars, bad luck
Well you did tell them not to stop in front of you, lol.
Because he’s DUMB.
Bc he wanted to make a movie
So they didn't block the camera.
My thoughts exactly.
But then don't call them dumb. Camera guy is a hypocrite
I live in Wisconsin and those things usually have crossbars that go down. Helps a lot in making sure people just listen to the warning.
Near me is a 5 lane crossing, right before a stop light. There’s only room for one car at the light, so many people just stop on the tracks at a red light. Trains often have to slow to a crawl to wait for people to clear.
You know you’re in the country when there’s no drop bars on the railroad crossings😂
33% compliance. That's a lot better than drivers do with turn signals.
😊😊😊😊
Also, it seemed like the one car was emboldened to cross only because the minivan crossed first. Since they didn't see nor hear the train, they probably thought the signal was going haywire. Just an observation.
Compliance or a brain?
In Texas, any truck that's 3/4 ton or larger is guaranteed to have a 0% turning signal usage rate 😂.
...or stop signs.
I knew a railroad engineer, he might have been a drunk, but he stopped at all crossings , period.”You never know if the equipment is functioning or not.”
By law if the signal isn't working a crewmember must get out & flag stop the traffic
That reminds me of a time when I encountered the opposite problem. Years ago (I think it was back in the '90s) there was a strange incident in which all but one of the crossing signals in town had the same malfunction: _anything_ touching the rails would set off the nearest signal. An automobile, a pedestrian, an animal, a piece of trash blowing in the wind... anything.
You can't stop. Train lines run on a very specific timing. Stopping at every crossing would add hours to a line.
A train doesn’t stop at crossings lol you’re full of shit!! 🤣
I should say , when he drove his car (automobile).
Train driver --
on the day: "Let me show you my good side."
watching the video: "Nicce.. jobb."
The fact the train driver could see cars still crossing that he had to blow the horn just to make sure no one else should be crossing over during that time.
If the intersection isn't exempt, trains have to use their horns. In the US, this also means sounding the horn through the entire intersection.
bumblebee3729…. Look at the number of stoopid people that gave you a thumbs up because their brain will circle the head of a pin like a bb rolling around in a boxcar!
bumblebee3729…… imagine the number of people that has the ignorant head going on that gave a thumbs up to your comment!
They blow the horn as per regulation, because PEOPLE ARE STUPID! I've saw numerous "professional drivers" (truck-drivers) stop on the tracks/ignore the "warning of low clearance" resulting in equipment and product DESTRUCTION. Also "purposeful derailment"/(Ohio incident)
The thing is, that WHEN YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES, YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES!
DARWIN AWARD...
@BillHunclebuncle and their votes count as much as yours...
SCARY HUH? They're out-breeding the smart ones 3/1.....
My aunt and one of my cousins died in two separate train accidents a year apart. I have respect for trains.
Sorry
They probably ignored the flashing lights 😐
Some people care about : how to say cheese❤😂.
Thanks for sharing.
It is global issue, some people,drivers pedesterians imagine falsely they could behave as super man in such situations🚂
@@user-lb5mo2us5n in a way people who take risks like ignoring flashing lights is saying cheese…. To the train. 💀
Clearly they didn't
Growing up in a small town, I would get so mad at the railroad/county for not installing stop arms on our crossings. And here in the big town my college is in I watch idiots drive around them.
And how many got killed. Boy Scout
They really should have arms at every crossing. It's the least they can do for providing constantly traffic jams, extremely loud disturbances whenever they feel, etc.
DILid you consider that most of the railroads were created before you were born to bring service and products that the communities needed.
@@user-eb8em3fs4b sometimes a lot. Crashing into a car can derail the train and kill people on or around it. Not to mention you're risking your life or at least your car to save like a minute or two. Dumb way to die that's very public
@@user-eb8em3fs4b About 1000 a year, just in the US.
I was so afraid that other car was gonna try and make a last-minute effort 😭
My friend died almost 3 years ago after her husband drove accrossed the train track while the train was coming. Their car got hit and she flew off went she tried to protect her son. She got struck by the train. We will never forget this. 😢
Now every time I drive by a train track I have to look to both sides and makes sure the train is not coming. It was very traumatizing what happened to her.
But fantastic fun when she's not expecting it to suddenly shout, "LOOK OUT.....TRAIN" and watching her wet herself ha ha ha ha
That last car driver was so scared, he was thinking of reversing😹
He was about cross, then the horn hit and he quickly changed his mind.
@@kani75 lol yeah
He should have thought when they I don't know....saw the lights.
You see just as the horn hits. He shit his pants
Lost two friends to a train in Wisconsin 30+ years ago. Even more sad was they left behind a very little girl that miraculously survived the crash. The couple were taken to a local Hospital (band-aid station) that regrettably could do nothing to save them from the trauma they suffered but compassionately moved the conscious couple together in the same room next to each other so they could painlessly pass away together, softly talking and holding hands in a dimly lit room. My wife and I were in the same bowling league. It was very hard.
Oh my. What a heartbreaking story. I hope they were so out of it they didn't have awareness of their baby and them leaving her behind.
Haha, karma is a bitch
That's truly awful. At least they got to pass together. It really is a horrible scene trying to imagine the situation in which you are conscious, on the way out, and nothing can be done to save you.
It's tragedies like these that determine the social shunning of red light runners, whether traffic or train signals. Red means stop, no matter what.
@GOAT_GOATERSON 🤔 "ha ha" was the couple dying a funny story to you?
This sounds like the biggest load of BS story. Going the speed limit you can get to a trauma center from anywhere in Wisconsin within 2 hours, half that if you floor it. I can't think of any injury that is 1.) Fatal in less than 2 hours but simultaneously you are conscious (brain not that seriously injured) + working heart/lungs (talking); and they just put you in some dark room to die like it's the 1500s. And supposedly not one but both people ended up in such a condition. Yeah this story is BS
Every day, I deal with the stupidity on wheels while driving. And it's insane how many stupid drivers there are
I used to work for Signals and Communications on the railroad. The lights are set up to go off 22 seconds before the initial flasher goes off, providing the engineer isn't going over the speed limit.
I'm from Britain and love how big and long your trains are over in the USA. They are awesome machines and keep the country going 👍
They cut towns in half and stop first responders from getting to emergencies on time. The greed of railroad companies is killing people
You know the US barely has any rail network for a country that size?
And yeah, Fluffy. Trains are definitely awesome. I got stopped the other day at a crossing, and it took over 5 minutes for the train to pass. There were a few closed cars, but most of them were flatbed style cars with just a lot of big heavy machinery components. Your comment is exactly what I was thinking when seeing this train go by. Being all blue like that haha. The train just looked badass. I personally love getting to watch trains go by at a crossing, and it's even cooler when you get that front row seat
That's not the only thing that's big and long in the USA.
@@nickreinders6347 that's a completely false statement, so why even comment that if you don't have the correct facts?
"It's like after 2020, all the idiots started driving."
-My Mother.
You win the Comments, Mom😅😅😅
Yeah, the Fauci made them do it...
It’s because most people were passable drivers before, but then didn’t remember how to drive after the lockdowns. We should probably do license tests again.
Basically, if you drive like you're supposed to, the idiots will run you ragged.
So I just drive like a bigger idiot.
Because we allow idiots to get away with anything these days
To anyone who doesn’t know, when you hear a train horn the train is 15-20 second away from a crossing, when you hear the horn you should always stop immediately because while it only happens very rarely, an engineer could forget about the crossing until they see it.
I would not call them engineer, but rather conductor or locomotive operator / train engine operator.
Engineers are usually more innovative designing / building something.
Just putting my 2 cents out there.
They’ve decommissioned a lot of the tracks in our town & turned them into walking paths. There was a stop sign for one that was there for 20+years & I still slow down sometimes before I remember it’s no longer there since they decommissioned the line!
That second car that crossed was the victim of peer pressure. Applause to the last car that waited 👏👏👏❤️
NOT a victim, but could have become a patient or corpse from a train .
The train was like a quarter mile away and the fool stopped because some lights were flashing. Use you head. If there's plenty of time, go. There was a ton of time.
@@Kube_Dog hello future statistic
@@trpimirkarlovic838 Yeah, I researched a little further and found that in 2023 there were 147 people who died when their vehicle was struck by a train that was a quarter mile away. So, my bad.
@Kube_Dog Im with you. If I can see where it's at, Im going. Trains are stronger than cars, sure. But they are not faster than the speed of light. When the 3rd car stopped, there was still enough time to get down and crawl across the tracks. Don't be a Karen people, have a little common sense. If the car had crossed when the train was within a couple of seconds from the road, then it would be dumb.
When you see flashing red lights at a railroad crossing it doesn't matter if there's a crossgate or not you're supposed to stop
@143Accwill you whine after getting ticketed? Do the crime, pay the fine.
If you dislike civilized communities you can always live in the woods like a troll.
They did stop. Then they saw how slow the train was going how long it was going to take, and a slow train often means a long train. So they went. It's a rural area.
@@Sanxioned1 I'm sure he wouldn't be whining for long after being hit by a train...
@@histguy101they absolutely did not stop
@@gameboy1984 They were driving slow enough to check whether or not they could make it. It might be illegal but I get that they didn’t want to wait that long, I don’t think I’ve ever had to wait that long for a train, these lights are far from optimized.
They don’t call em cheese heads for nothin😅 SKOL!!!
Great short catch and video
The level of anxiety this gives me… I really thought the last car was gonna risk it
Right...how anxious must the engineer get at every road they approach!
@@marguaritetherese3156 the poor conductor is just blaring trying to let people know, “I’M COMING!” but, why head the warning, right??
I wouldve done it at a fast speed lol. Rubber contact with metal does nothing
@@LilosNotHome it's an audible manifestation of my anxiety 😄
Risk it? There wasn’t a risk tho lol that last car could’ve crossed three times before that train finally came. The trains near me go way faster, or it just looks hella slow on this video 🤷♀️
Crossing gates don’t stop them either.
If you make them long enough with police that'll stop them
Sometimes the trains stop for extended periods just outside the gates. Won’t go up till the train pulls off, so there’s one exception 🤣
@@aircraftsandtrains2309Police aren't gonna sit at a track all day waiting for a train to come
They do in Australia, the gates are automated and close shut firmly, this is ridiculous having no barrier at all.
They don't use gates over there or it's just that one location ?
That looks terrifying. In my country we have bars that come down and close off the road when the lights start flashing and it also makes a sound, and they don’t go up until some time after the train has passed.
The 502 and the 501 are the prettiest engines I've ever seen ❗🧐💙👌💙🤗 One of the few times where I'd say "blue looks good on you"❗😂👍
That's the most dangerous mistake of all. That literally can and will send you to the grim reaper faster than you can blink.
Model makers be like “Wow nice preshading and weathering”
🤔
In parts of the UK not only do lights flash, alarm sounds but also barriers come down but you still get idiots trying to outrun trains... stupidity at it's worse ..
This railroad got NWR type liveries:
“What kind of design do we want?”
“Blue.”
Shoutout to that SUV that stopped and waited 🤙🏾
Our neighbour in the Gympie district of south east Queensland got into a tangle with a loco. We had no lights in those days on crossings. She, as a very busy mother, had her mind elsewhere that evening. There were very few trains in those days too . Unfortunately for her and her family there was a train. Vale Betty. The effects of that accident would still being felt by her family nearly 50years later.
My grandpa used to work on train wrecks. I don't remember much about him. He did when i was 6. I'm now 40. But he always used to tell us to STAY AWAY from that white line cuz if the train flips your still too close
Growing up, I lived less than a block from 2 RR crossings ( cross streets). I have seen more hits than most. To this day, I stop at every RR crossing because the lights don't always work and i do visual checks.
Same here! I grew up next to 2 sets of tracks. I’ve seen some really ugly crashes!
We lived across from a pedestrian railway crossing. Unfortunately on a curve, so many deaths in the 15yrs we were there. Although the freight train was hubby's morning alarm clock at 3am.
I don't stop, but slow down to check. One problem is many crossings have poor visibility or the angle is such it is easy to see in one way, but not the other. On occasions I lowered windows to listen for a train. It seems they signal crossing. It doesn't help that other drivers expect you to blast at full speed to the other side.
@@pavel9652To be fair, it took a really long time for the train to actually reach the crossing after the lights turned on. I wouldn’t risk it myself, and neither should anybody else. But I do sort of understand why people ignore the lights and just check if they can still get through themselves because I don’t think I’ve ever waited that long for a train nor have I ever seen a train approach so slowly.
@@roy_hks It always long time where I live. Do you think they are running late for their burials? ;) People have to chill the ? down.
“Don’t stop right in front of me”
At the same time:
“Nice job”
Listening to this with my headphones on and them horn blast's were loud and authentic. Nice one 👍
Great videos. I'm late to AC Valhalla but your videos are very helpful. Thanks!
I'll never understand why people don't stop for railroad crossing signals.
All of the cars stopped, saw the train was moving very slow and crossed with plenty of time.
Because people dont want to wait for 15 minutes or more for the train to clear before continuing.
Cause there was plenty of time to safely cross, as you can clearly see in the video. Even the 3rd car could have safely crossed if they wanted to.
Legal? No
Cops around? No
Safe? Demonstrably yes
Not really any different in practice than making a right on red or crossing an unregulated intersection. It's only a Darwin moment if you attempt to cross when there isn't enough time to safely do so.
It's simple: People are always in a hurry or "think" they are in a hurry. So when there is a railroad crossing in their way and they think they need to ignore warnings and shortcut them. They think their brains will explode if they don't get to their destination on time.
@@Mika-ph6ku Crossing a train track when the lights are activated is a CRIMINAL offense. A hefty fine should cure these habitual criminals of their bad habits. Sure they got away with it now, but when a high priority intermodal train comes screaming past instead of the slow local freight they were expecting, then they harvest the Darwin award they earned by being careless around active train tracks.
"Dont stop right in front of me"
And then gets mad when they dont stop 😂😂
Because there's a clear marking of where to stop, your not suppose to go close to the the railway and stop
@@noahniskalacontext clues buddy
@@CamelThief exactly
I noticed the same thing. I hate people like this. Their so arrogant and quick to call people “stupid” just to make themselves feel good.
@@trimschonson5221 no, he was right. They should have stopped further away from the tracks and not just a few feet away, so he was expecting to have a clear view of the train, even when the car had stopped .
That railroad crossing is exactly 1/4mi away from the 4way traffic light.
Lots of places in Wisconsin have crossing lights set to trigger for full track speed trains, but these areas also have sidings, so you can literally sit at a lit crossing for an hour and never even see a train.
I will always stop safely to watch a train! My cell phone ringtone is an actual BNSF freight crossing a small town entry road.
mine is the N&W 611 J; confuses the crap out of kids when it rings
So you’re also a virgin. Good to know.
I can't believe that people are debating this!! If it’s red, you STOP! There is absolutely nothing more to say about it. What is wrong with people?
Gamblers gonna roll the dice I guess
They have faster cars than you😂
Couldn't it be treated like a stop sign? Once you come to a stop and can see that the train is plenty far away it seems like you could.
In the case of this video there isn't sufficient visibility for one side, but tons for the other side.
What's wrong with people? How much time you got?
Wrong. A flashing red light is the same thing as a stop sign. After coming to a complete stop if it s clear you can proceed.
NDR
I lost my friend when we were in highschool over just flashing lights. It took him and then a couple shortly after for them to finally install rails. It was the exit from a neighbor. He had his music up so didn’t hear it and it was so sunny outside he didn’t notice the lights. RIP Mason ❤
We have a crossing like this on our road. We cross the tracks a few times every day. We know roughly when the trains travel each and every time, the traffic changes seasonally (more frequent crossing during harvest time.) We know the speed at which the trains travel when they cross the road. There are no arms or lights at the crossing. Each train that crosses is pretty short - rarely more than 15 cars. We know to look both directions each and every time we cross the tracks. Because the tracks are basically like a speed bump, we have to slow down to about 25 mph to cross without going all Dukes of Hazard.
Because of the very low speed of the train when it crosses, we know that as long as we are even or ahead of the train when we look at its location, we will cross the tracks first and in complete safety. In those rare cases where it might be a close call, we wait for the train to cross because it is extremely rare, and a lot of fun to watch trains. In any case, the vast majority of time we cross, there is no train. Still, we look in both directions each and every time. Even though the train travels very slowly, physics still tells us the outcome of train and car collision.
The drivers who crossed in this video probably know this crossing very well, and know that crossing in the way they did is very safe.
WHEW! That was TERRIFYING! Did you see how CLOSE they came to dying?? 😂
I have to take a Xanax and a shot of Jack to calm myself down
Yeah about a minute that car set there before the train arrives.
Lol that isn't the point.
More unlucky things have happened - like a car stalling on the tracks.
@@MrEditor6000 no, you're right. I was just having fun. I've seen horrific sights as a Union Pacific engineer
@@npervious9923 Eh, indeed - but that's called Survival of the Fittest.
I'm very confident they did not ignore the crossing lights. They did yield and verify it was safe before they went across.i seen it
Yep, they had plenty of time. People are so dramatic 🙄
@@kingofichigo exactly...quite annoying, like am I supposed to stop and wait for a train that's moving at a snails pace. Screw that
Train lights a red for a reason... Red means stop!!
Go run a red light in your mom's Corolla?
You might survive lol & be sure to have a dashcam moron so we can comment and see just how dumb you clowns are🤣
Disregarding a RR signal is a 4 point ticket, same as running a red light, in South Carolina...and most likely everywhere else too. There is no "yield" to it....and I often see the PO PO trailing back a few car lengths just waiting on someone to sccot across.
And the train went slower to let them all cross and the last car decided to wait lol
Edit: I was joking
True my nephews an Engineer with Canadian-Northwest and he’s flattened two cars since becoming one.
In Europe we have barriers that drop to stop vehicles from doing this. Here in the UK there are also perpendicular barriers to prevent people from driving down onto to the rail tracks!
We can send billions to other countries - we could most certainly put bars on our railroad crossings
Well, at least ONE guy stopped! 😅
😂💯💯
Man I love my trains one of the best things man has ever made. We build America one train at a time ❤
The cheese don't make itself, pizza gets cold waiting for slow trains
You are smart stopping back from the crossing.
Whew! My palms are sweating just looking at that. My guess is that driver used to be a base jumper but he wasn't getting enough of an adrenaline rush out of it so he thought he would step the danger level up a few notches.
😂😂😂
Here in cali, they all got those swinging stop poles that lower down with each passing.
Including in the rural areas.
Got scared that this was about to become instagram reels for a second
As a train operator, i would not slow down for crossings, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
As a fruit, 2 wrongs don’t make a right
The equipment could malfunction. It’s not always just “stupid people.” I sure as hell hope you’re not a train operator.
what a moronic take
Hope you're not an operator because you definitely will be going to jail if something happens just because of this comment right here...
Not for the original commenter, because I know you know the answer. But y’all realize how long it takes for a train to slow down, or even stop? It’s not instant.
Unpopular opinion: what they did was fine. slowed down and saw how fast the train was going and how far it was, went over and it was fine
It could be two tracks or more. While you see one train coming slowly or standing still at a nearby station, there might come another train from the other way. Many people have made that deadly mistake. They expect to find only one train near the crossing and they stop searching for another train.
@@MonetILU I thought looking both ways and for multiple tracks went without saying
We of the old world would make risk assessments and go from there. Or we had waited and seen how long the train took to get and knew if we could make it. Or, have you walked the tracks lately? The trains are a lot slower these days.
@@Michaelfatman-xo7gvTrains are slower and they're longer. Being 20 mins late to work because of trains is nightmarish.
@thomasdahl8070 if your blind you shouldn't be driving
A railroad employee friend of mine explained that it's not a matter of "if" a railroader will see automobiles hit by their train, but how often.
I hope you have a longer version of this and I'll try to find it, but, I love to hear the sound of the wheels on the old style track. Clickety clack clickety clack. Instead of the ,new style welded rail 😁
Making a video about "idiots" not stopping, and get annoyed when someone is about to stop in front of his camera.
There is a clearly marked line where drivers should stop for this crossing. Obviously that driver pulled past it, in front of the camera, before continuing.
Man tells them not to stop in front of him at a railroad crossing to block his shot and then complains that they didn’t stop at the railroad crossing🤷
Ummmmm, I’m pretty sure he was saying he would have preferred they stop BEFORE they were in front of his shot, its like the only thing that makes sense 🤦♂️
The stop line for road traffic is right next to him, bottom left hand corner. That's why he said not to stop *right infront of him.* Not only because it blocked his shot, but it was beyond where you're legally meant to stop.
@@Mattball82Maybe he should stfu and just film... Aww someone was gonna wuin his shot of da twaiiin :((
@@iridium8341 Projection?
Seriously I don’t understand this video
The sound of that horn is nerve-racking enough to paralyse one with fear and confusion
The train started honking when the driver saw car drivers go accross, probably like
"Knock it off, this thing is coming up faster than you think"
Such a straight road with the straight road speed imagine having to brake hard while seeing this approaching
A grade crossing can be deceptive. They are good for breaking your tie rods, shocks, ball joints, etc. Always assume they're rough, even if you're on a 55mph zone. From one who knows.
That's a minute of my life I'm never getting back. Thanks, TH-cam.
I don't get why people don't stop. Like yea, it may cost you a few minutes, but I've always loved seeing cargo trains pass by. I still do. It's like watching a plane fly by you. I was at Fayetteville station, and they would just fly by, and I would just stand there on the platform amazed every time.
I live in Wisconsin, and a few years ago I actually saw a pickup truck get hit and flipped by a train! He was doing the exact same thing as the idiots in this video!
I remember being in driver's ed in highschool and hearing the statistics about train deaths and being blown away. How can people be so stupid.
Considering it’s Wisconsin those driver probably had too much beer 💀
or the brownies, or watching a Bucks game.
He probably has good judgement because he lives there and he's seen thousands of trains pass by in his life.
A little math says the train is going about 13 mph and it was about 250 feet away after the second car was totally passed the tracks.
So that's slower than a football player running the length of a football field.
I suppose you could stop and pick up some popcorn 🍿
The last driver could have easily made it, but he stopped..... and just as in his case, I would have done the same.
If a person can't judge speed and distance, they shouldn't be driving.
@@randywl8925 if the crossing is active you aren’t supposed to cross weather you can make it or not 💀.
@@EmmettLoveReal I walk fast with scissors and drive 58 in a 55 zone.
I live on the edge.
@@randywl8925 💀
i’m from wisconsin, and when driving people will stop on the train tracks in an intersection, even though there are big signs that say not too. i would not want to be stuck on the track if the lights start blinking 😭
for all oldies that train lights noise reminds me of close eccounters of the third kind
Ok, stop and wait for thirty seconds as you watch a train going 30 Mph slowly approach your stopped car.
How many of these are locals and know how this is supposed to go down.
Absolutely stop first.
If the train is a quarter mile away going 30 mph, engage your brain and do the right thing.
This train was not doing 30 lol.
@@zackbobby5550 0K, 22.7
I was way off. The train was doing 11 mph. People jog (not run) at 6 mph.
The train, when the flashers started, was 42 seconds away from the road. (43 seconds away from hitting a car if it was on the track) 😁
I bet most guys commenting don't have hair on their palms because they listened to Mama. 😁
PS:
I did these calculations while stopped, waiting for a train to pass.
....and rotated my tires.
@@randywl8925yeah, and then your car suddenly stalls right on the track. Suddenly 30-40 seconds isn't a long time at all. I've seen it happen.
I get it, but I feel in this case they all could've made it.
Let the abuse begin...
As a Wisconsin citizen I can safely say a lot of us are dumb
As a Chicago citizen I can safely say I love Wisconsin and you're smarter than me by default......you DON'T live in Illinois.
@@milesdyson Illinois people are kind of bad at driving no offense
Wisconsin is Minnesota's drunk cousin.
@@Wyattbmarksman Because most of them come from countries that have no driving laws. No joke, & no offense taken. I drive a stick shift so I have to always pay attention.
As a wisconsinite. Speak for yourself jackass
Driver heard you not to stop front of you so they drove over the crossing , he is just doing what you told him😂
I was angrily passed by a few cars in Wisconsin when I stopped for lights on a railroad track that I couldn’t really see much of the tracks. So dumb.
They’re all over the world. VRF calls them Darwin Candidates.
I'm a wisconsinite and I gotta say people are completely stupid. When a vehicle goes across the tracks when the lights are blinking or goes around the gate that comes down, they should get like a 1000$ fine and 6 months in federal prison. It is a federal offense. I'm sick of drivers that think they can do what ever they want.
Loss of license for a year.
@danieldaniels7571 I agree but to be honest there are probably more people out there driving without license or suspended than with. People just don't care anymore.
I'm sick of waiting for trains that are no where near crossing. Can safely keep going once you've seen where train is. Got things to do. If I wait tor everything all day I get nothing done
@user-yb7br7ko8u leave earlier and take routes that you don't need to worry about Trains. If you don't want to follow the law don't get your license. I always leave 30 min before an appointment and sit in the parking lot and wait if I'm early, and I never scheduled anything within 2 hrs of another appointment. Be smart not ignorant. No excuse for breaking the law.
car poeple are the most entitled assholes ever
Those who crossed still, may be like that meme guy “I like trains” 😂 👌
I'm from Michigan and I think Wisconsin folks are wonderful people! Americans all the way!!!
So we are aware, the warning is for a train coming, not a “lock those ABS up omg”. There is no barrier here, and no one came even close to getting hit. Nothing burger.