On-going Calgarians hit by trains thread

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by NuclearPizzaMan

However, I would have expected the driver in the first incident to complain about the signal giving him the green, and someone would then check the signal? Maybe I am being optimistic.

Unless the problem was caused by the first accident somehow. Maybe something was damaged as the car was dragged along the tracks.

Originally Posted by kevman

No, the lights go green when the flashing lights start. This is to ensure that anyone stuck on the tracks, or in front of the guy on the tracks, get's a green light to clear the intersection.

Interesting. I don't often drive this route, but I always thought that the traffic lights were in sync with the flashing lights for the train there. Having both green and flashing red lights at the same intersection doesn't seem very safe to me.

[ken0042]

Now the front end loader that was used to remove the vehicle this morning is back. They are trying to get this afternoon's train back onto the tracks.

Spoiler!

[Knut]

I drove by that spot right before it happened.. I farted going over the tracks... maybe that is the problem.

[kevman]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang

Interesting. I don't often drive this route, but I always thought that the traffic lights were in sync with the flashing lights for the train there. Having both green and flashing red lights at the same intersection doesn't seem very safe to me.

I've never paid that much attention so I don't know if they go back red after the arms are down but they certainly go green prior to the arms lowering to ensure people aren't stuck on the tracks.

It makes sense though, it would be pretty horrific to be sitting on the tracks, hear the bells ring and not be able to move because the light is red and you're boxed in...

Now we obviously all know you shouldn't be on the tracks at a red to begin with but the same goes for people blocking intersections at red lights.

[Kswiss]

Originally Posted by Hesla

I drove by that spot right before it happened.. I farted going over the tracks... maybe that is the problem.

Asian food i presume

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

Wow, Nov 1, 2014. Never forget

Calgary Transit STrong

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by kevman

I've never paid that much attention so I don't know if they go back red after the arms are down but they certainly go green prior to the arms lowering to ensure people aren't stuck on the tracks.

It makes sense though, it would be pretty horrific to be sitting on the tracks, hear the bells ring and not be able to move because the light is red and you're boxed in...

Now we obviously all know you shouldn't be on the tracks at a red to begin with but the same goes for people blocking intersections at red lights.

I'm certainly not trying to be argumentative, but the more I think about it, I just can't see those lights being green. There is a set of lights across 9th Street that I could see staying green a little longer to allow the intersection to be freed, but there is a set immediately after the tracks that I just can't see being green while a train is going through.

Here's the intersection on Street View: https://maps.google.ca/?ll=51.049873...74.78,,0,-3.18

If the lights are green when a train is passing, N/S traffic on 9th must have get red light, so traffic in all directions would sit still while a train passed. Surely 9th must get a green when the train passes - there's no point having traffic stopped in all directions when 9th isn't even blocked by the train.

All of that being said, the synchronization is a lot more complicated than I'll ever know. I just assume, perhaps wrongly, that the traffic lights and the crossing lights work in concert there.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by Kswiss

Asian food i presume

Homemade chili last night.

[ken0042]

SB train just started moving after some impromtu repairs with a sledgehammer and the jaws of life. They appear to be re-opening 4th ave again.

[Cuz]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

Wow, Nov 1, 2014. Never forget

You see this happening exactly one year in the future again?

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang

Interesting. I don't often drive this route, but I always thought that the traffic lights were in sync with the flashing lights for the train there. Having both green and flashing red lights at the same intersection doesn't seem very safe to me.

You see the same thing at 25th ave on the way out of Stampede Park. When the train signal goes off, the westbound lanes of 25th get a short green. The theory is that anyone on the tracks will clear, while the people behind the tracks will remain stopped. The light, however, is red before the train actually passes through.

This, of course, makes assumptions about human intelligence that are often unfounded.

[Madman]

Car just got t-boned at 7th Ave and 3rd Street.

Southbound/Eastbound trains are totally stopped - other direction still getting through.

[Boblobla]

Crackmacs ‏@Crackmacs 46s
Alright #Calgary, weekends over. Back to business. Car vs train downtown, 3rd st. Pic: pic.twitter.com/eViqDHnzgq c/o @MTBottle10 #yyc

[STeeLy]

Should this just turn into the Ongoing C-train-Vehicle accident thread?

[agulati]

So much for its "Flex" factor. (Too soon?)

Any major injuries?

[Old Yeller]

Originally Posted by STeeLy

Should this just turn into the Ongoing C-train-Vehicle accident thread?

The way it's be going lately, it should probably be renamed the "Ongoing C-train Attack Thread".

[Inferno099]

Originally Posted by Old Yeller

The way it's be going lately, it should probably be renamed the "Ongoing C-train Attack Thread".

Unfortunately it is more like:

"The Ongoing.... Why the heck are Drivers & Pedestrians not paying attention to the darn C-train/LRT thread"

Not making fun of any injuries & fatalities; but this is unreal...

[Madman]

Originally Posted by agulati

So much for its "Flex" factor. (Too soon?)

Any major injuries?

No injuries in the car or train.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by STeeLy

Should this just turn into the Ongoing C-train-Vehicle accident thread?

I carry around bear mace just in case any shift train car takes a run at me. They're really unpredictable.

[tete]

It looks like all three drivers ran red lights:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...tml?id=9122701