Folks, I know the basic outline of the law, that for some reason it's the property owners/states that are reasonable for installation of railroad crossing protection. And yes I know it was a private crossing. I am somewhat informed of the RR's point of view as I did hold an Locomotive Engineer's license at one time.
But I stand by my general premise. Good companies don't hurt people. We all have to better for each other than simply accepting loss of life as a cost of doing business. I have not seen updates yet that HW is referring to, and I am sure there was either blatant stupidity, good old fashioned ignorance and other mitigating factors involved, that always seems to be the case. But this is civilian transport of goods and people, not a war zone. Accepting loss of life for having an industry intersect with the rest of the world just isn't right.
I don't really care whose fault it is, I am tired of avoidable injuries and death. Three more coffins are needed for another grade crossing accident and we will probably need more by the end of the day.
