Summary
A Brightline high-speed train collided with a firetruck in downtown Delray Beach, Florida, injuring 15 people, including three firefighters.
The firetruck reportedly drove around lowered crossing arms after waiting for a freight train to pass.
The crash, which severely damaged both the train and firetruck, is under investigation by the Federal Railroad Administration.
Brightline trains, known for having the nation’s highest death rate since launching in 2017, have faced scrutiny over safety.
The incident adds to growing concerns about railroad safety following other recent accidents nationwide.
The incident adds to growing concerns about railroad safety following other recent accidents nationwide.
Who fucking wrote this? Idiot drives around the barrier warning them not to go and somehow it’s the trains fault?
The headline gives the impression it was the trains fault
Florida man, at it again. The firefighter driving that truck should face serious consequences. Railroads are generally pretty safe, it’s the motor vehicle death cult that causes way more deaths and injuries: see this example here.
We have a monthly sacrifice to the bright line. Unfortunate because I really enjoyed riding it but they have to do something about this.
I get it. Freight train passes, warning arms don’t go up. Must be broken.
But I’m pretty sure I’d sit there annoyed for at least five minutes before I even imagine trying to go though the closed arms. And in a long vehicle like a fire truck?!?
I could maybe understand if the firetruck was responding you an emergency and time was critical, but I did not see that mentioned in the article
What it is considered a high-speed train in the USA and how come they don’t have grade separated crossings as they do in every civilized country?
IIRC it’s any train capable of doing either 70mph or 100mph.
Because we haven’t invested in rail infrastructure in over 100 years
I would be very interested to know which countries have 100% grade-separated crossings, especially if they’re mostly flat, so they can’t take advantage of terrain (and also aren’t micronations).
Australia is working in it.
Melbourn just removed all of their level crossing in a megaproject, including in busy cities.
On those tracks, people are used to very slow cargo trains. That also means that if you have to wait, it can be a very long time. Idiots may be tempted to go around because of the long wait, and there’s usually lots of time. Their whole lives, they e gotten away with this
Then a medium speed train comes through. They wouldn’t have had to wait. There’s no time to go through and still avoid. But the idiots don’t know that, despite the regular news for the last several years
Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida on Saturday after a firetruck drove around rail crossing arms and into the path of a high-speed passenger train after having waited for a previous train to pass, according to a person briefed on what happened.
Watch DeSantis and other Republicans to use this to demonize trains and not REALLY FUCKING STUPID DRIVERS.
Hopefully it’s a metaphor for our politics. “Entitled person in power thinks rules don’t apply to him, bypasses guardrails, finds out (rather roughly) that physics applies to everyone.”
