Unfortunately, people are just too complacent when it comes to the trains. Every day I see someone run across the tracks downtown to make their train (instead of the one coming in 5 mins). On a couple of occassions, the person has narrowly missed getting hit by trains or buses because they are not watching (just focused on making their train).
Yesterday, I shook my head as I saw three construction guys, one after another, slowly trudging along the CP Rail line on their way to Heritage station. One had ears phones in and another was on his cell. Are they expecting the heavily laden freight train to gently apply its brakes so as not to hit them? It would not surprise me if we are reading about one of them getting run down in the next few months.
Idiots.
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