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PoliticAverse

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12. That's not how it works. We say the thing impacting something in the direction...

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 03:37 AM

Jun 2022

it is traveling "hit" the thing that was traveling in a direction 90-degree to its motion.

If the train had been crossing in front of the vehicle and the vehicle had impacted the side of the train we'd say "a vehicle hit the train".

In the case of the incident in the story you could just say the train hit a vehicle crossing in front of it.

> the vehicle had to dis-obey the RR warnings

It is possible any warnings were not operational.

It is possible the vehicle stalled while crossing the tracks.

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UPDATE: At least 50 injured and multiple people killed when Amtrak train derails in Missouri [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 OP

This is Rebl2 Jun 2022 #1

The coal train was in Lawrence, another was in Bonner Springs carrying isobutane (no leaks) and chowder66 Jun 2022 #6

Why do we say the train hit a vehicle? The train is rolling along on its track, so sinkingfeeling Jun 2022 #2

I just saw the story about the California one BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #5

+1000 Hiawatha Pete Jun 2022 #11

That's not how it works. We say the thing impacting something in the direction... PoliticAverse Jun 2022 #12

This was an area where there Rebl2 Jun 2022 #17

Yes I see on reports today that it was an "uncontrolled crossing", just a stop sign. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2022 #19

Do vehicle drivers not get XanaDUer2 Jun 2022 #3

They likely Rebl2 Jun 2022 #4

wierd thngs happen and nobody has a clue how fast a train arrives Kali Jun 2022 #9

It is hard for humans to judge how fast things are travelling especially when they are traveling PoliticAverse Jun 2022 #13

I retired from working in a rail yard 20 years ago. multigraincracker Jun 2022 #7

K & R very sad. Stuart G Jun 2022 #8

I remember Rebl2 Jun 2022 #10

Back when I was in junior high also in the (early) '70s BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #15

3 have died so far, including one in the truck muriel_volestrangler Jun 2022 #14

"Railroad knew crossing was dangerous and failed to fix it, Missouri farmer says" Strelnikov_ Jun 2022 #16

Who is responsible for maintaining the safety of train crossings (clearing brush, putting up gates, RamblingRose Jun 2022 #18

Amtrack trains typically travel over tracks owned by other railroads, in this case the track... PoliticAverse Jun 2022 #20

Another link for that commentary mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 #21

(Another person died in hospital) nitpicker Jun 2022 #22