I routinely browse for railroad-related blog postings on Technorati which is how I found this gem. Looks like some lawyer is all excited about a New York Times piece that found some railroads haven’t been 100% perfect in reporting grade crossing accidents.
I’m not going to excuse the railroads and state they shouldn’t be adhering to the law, but let’s focus the energies in the right direction. Going after the railroads in cases of grade crossing accidents is just plain wrong. Trains don’t kill people, irresponsible people kill people. Grade crossing accidents happen because motorists are in too big of a hurry to follow posted warnings. They can’t wait another few minutes, so they blow past red lights or around gates, get creamed, and then the lawyers go after the ones with deep pockets — the railroad.
How about some responsibility for those who are truly at fault?
