Personal Narrative: Railroad Crossing

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Railroad crossings are obviously dangerous. The ratio of the aluminum soda can to a car being the same as a car to a train kind of blew my mind. I never really gave much thought to how big a train is and how fast it’s going. It’s sad to think that everyday people who were just in a hurry can be killed just like that, and I’m willing to bet that they don’t even think about what might happen when the trespass onto the train tracks. Even though people still go around them, I’m glad that we have modern barriers like the arms because I feel like I would be less likely to stop if the intersection were just open. Some of the suggestions given were things I probably wouldn’t have thought of, such as turning the radio down. In movies train horns just…show more content…
I remember hearing about a train accident when I was little. The barrier didn’t work right and so the guy didn’t even think to check if a train was coming and just went around it anyway, and right when he did the opposite side barrier went down and he was trapped and killed on impact. I don’t want to ever be in that type of situation where I’m defenseless, so I plan on heeding the flashing lights whenever their on and doing my best to follow all the precautions that come with railroad safety. Some people might think that they can go faster than the train but after watching that video and realizing how fast trains are really going I’m pretty sure that nine times out of ten the train is faster. I’m happy that this chapter has outlined these precautions for me to follow, I already feel safer with them and I haven’t even really used them yet but I definitely plan to. The chapter also outlined defensive driving which is something that my dad is always telling me. He constantly tells me that he’s not worried for what I will do on the road, but what the drivers around me will do and if I’ll be able to react fast

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