Railroads: The Importance Of Train Safety

Railroads can be very dangerous and you should remember the importance of safety when around them. Because of the trains size it tends to look like it is going slower than it actually is, but trains travel at very fast speed and people tend to easily overlook it and don’t think about how fast they are really going. The odds of surviving a car train crash are slim and don’t end in a pretty way. If you practice safe driving and actions around trains and railroads when learning to drive, and soon enough it will become a habit and you can decrease the chance of being injured by a train or around train tracks. When you are driving you should always remember safe driving around them, some examples are: You should always slow down when getting closer …show more content…
When you see flashing lights you should stop. Also you should stop before the gates go down and if you see them going down you should not race it or chance it, you should begin to slow down if you see it and stop when you arrive to the designated line. Train tracks are their own private property and if you are on the tracks it is trespassing and you can get a fine. Trains can weigh about 6,000 tons but a locomotive train weighs about 200 tons and that much weight can cause fatal injury, and the chances are walking away from this crash is very slim. Another thing about trains is they travel very fast speeds but no one realizes that their stopping distance is close to a mile and even if the train conductor has fast reaction time they can not stop the train in time to stop from a crash. Trains can crush cars and pushes them as if they were a kid pushing a toy car. Also when you are driving over a railroad crossing you should never shift into a different gear because stalling could occur. You should also never try to beat a train through a railroad crossing, though it looks cool in the movies it should not be done and could cause in death to the driver or