Tech companies ignore pleas on rail safety

Re:Tech companies ignore pleas on rail safety by JustSomeNobody on Saturday August 10, 2019 @01:33PM (#20663390)

> Adding information on railroad crossings to mobile apps would “provide road users with additional safety cues and ... reduce the likelihood of crashes,” the NTSB wrote...

I know this is going to sound like victim blaming, but are RR crossings really that hard to see? Surely the apps are not the problem, but maybe from the people racing the train and losing? And I get that some crossings might be hard to see until you're right there, but how is this tech's problem and not an infrastructure problem? IOW, if I wasn't using a maps app with added information, I would be in more danger, so why doesn't infrastructure fix it?

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Re:Tech companies ignore pleas on rail safety by AJ007 on Saturday August 10, 2019 @04:25PM (#20664336)

There is no shortage of videos of people in cars pulling in front of visible trains. Drivers stop over rail tracks all of the time. Frequently pedestrians hit by trains, excluding suicides, have earphones in.

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Re:Tech companies ignore pleas on rail safety by DangitBobby on Saturday August 10, 2019 @01:55PM (#20663532)

Yeah, this is ridiculous. Watch the damn road. Not everything bad that happens to someone is someone else's fault. You can be the victim of your own actions.

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