Charlot123
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There were crossbuck signs at that crossing. The crossing was on a street without much traffic, so lights and gates weren’t needed.
I checked the grade crossing all through Greeley, CO on Google maps and there were over a dozen that had the lights and crossing arms that lower to block traffic.
In the video linked above from the officers body cam, you could see the officer actually walking on the railroad tracks as they moved the victim around the car. There was also another officer yelling at them that a train was going to hit their car.
Daytime on the photo. That happened at night. You probably read what Steinke said, “I never in a million years thought a train was going to come plowing through my scene." (What is there to expect from a person who hyperfixates so much, "my scene" indeed...) This is why I think urban planners have to go with the lowest common denominator, assuming that people might have poor nocturnal vision and be unable to process information, that they might hyperfocus, and not see the train.