When you see flashing lights you should stop. Also you should stop before the gates go down and if you see them going down you should not race it or chance it, you should begin to slow down if you see it and stop when you arrive to the designated line. Train tracks are their own private property and if you are on the tracks it is trespassing and you can get a fine. Trains can weigh about 6,000 tons but a locomotive train weighs about 200 tons and that much weight can cause fatal injury, and the chances are walking away from this crash is very slim. Another thing about trains is they travel very fast speeds but no one realizes that their stopping distance is close to a mile and even if the train conductor has fast reaction time they can not stop the train in time to stop from a crash. Trains can crush cars and pushes them as if they were a kid pushing a toy car. Also when you are driving over a railroad crossing you should never shift into a different gear because stalling could occur. You should also never try to beat a train through a railroad crossing, though it looks cool in the movies it should not be done and could cause in death to the driver or
When you see flashing lights you should stop. Also you should stop before the gates go down and if you see them going down you should not race it or chance it, you should begin to slow down if you see it and stop when you arrive to the designated line. Train tracks are their own private property and if you are on the tracks it is trespassing and you can get a fine. Trains can weigh about 6,000 tons but a locomotive train weighs about 200 tons and that much weight can cause fatal injury, and the chances are walking away from this crash is very slim. Another thing about trains is they travel very fast speeds but no one realizes that their stopping distance is close to a mile and even if the train conductor has fast reaction time they can not stop the train in time to stop from a crash. Trains can crush cars and pushes them as if they were a kid pushing a toy car. Also when you are driving over a railroad crossing you should never shift into a different gear because stalling could occur. You should also never try to beat a train through a railroad crossing, though it looks cool in the movies it should not be done and could cause in death to the driver or