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Maybe Our Railroads Need Some Robber Barons - Is Florida’s Brightline a remedy for our ailing rail system? (commonplace.substack.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Romero saw a slow-moving freight train and drove around the gates to try to beat it. A police report said Romero was ‘oblivious’ to the fact that a much faster Brightline train was approaching from the other direction.

I wouldn't say a lack of safety guards nor the train itself is to blame in this instance.

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Yeah, seriously, what a moron.

But I guess in the article most deaths are from pedestrians crossing the tracks in areas away from street/pedestrian crossings. Still not necessarily a smart move, but I guess people are not realizing how fast the high speed rail trains go vs regular trains.