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Re: Highway 54 at 55 is open again.

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From: Alan B Clegg
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:03
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In article <Bxv9nF.F7s@unx.sas.com> sasjzs@vms.sas.com writes:
>In article <Bxv7xp.Cp2@unx.sas.com>, sasbrb@rolypoly.unx.sas.com 
>(Brendan Bailey) writes:

>>It also probably cost a LOT less than building a new and longer 
>trestle, but this was probably impossible without closing the train 
>>track for several months.    
>
>This is exactly the reason. This ignores the fact that lights or
>no lights, people are going to become impatient or careless. Its
>a fact of physics that if the path of a car and a train never
>cross, they can't hit one another. Arguments about personal
>responsibility and natural select not withstanding.

The first time I saw that the road was open, I watched a person pull out 
from about 7th in line waiting at the flashing-gates and drive right
through the crossing.  The only justice in the world would have allowed
the train to crush them as an example.  Fortunately for the driver, the
world is not just.

-abc
-- 
Life is a biochemical reaction to the stimulus of the surrounding environment
in a stable ecosphere, while a bowl of cherries is a large round container
filled with little red fruits on sticks.    -unknown
                                            I am, however, abc@concert.net
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From: abc@banjo.concert.net (Alan B Clegg)
Subject: Re: Highway 54 at 55 is open again.
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