http://laist.com/2007/05/22/dodge_magnum_vs.php All comments for Dodge Magnum vs Metrolink "Murder" an Accident ? en-us 2008 la_jessicap Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jessicapauline@gmail.com jessicapauline@gmail.com 60 http://laist.com/2007/05/22/dodge_magnum_vs.php#comment-1103623 http://laist.com/2007/05/22/dodge_magnum_vs.php#comment-1103623 Comments Tue, 22 May 2007 18:01:24 -0800 <p>I don't think adding more gates is the solution. If people have a death wish, they'll find a way around those extra gates (e.g. walking around the gates and standing on the tracks). I love the the uncle is quoted as saying it couldn't have been murder, and instead was "just bad judgement." Is that what they're calling killing people these days?</p> http://laist.com/2007/05/22/dodge_magnum_vs.php#comment-1103542 http://laist.com/2007/05/22/dodge_magnum_vs.php#comment-1103542 Comments Tue, 22 May 2007 15:45:53 -0800 <p>A few things struck me (sorry) The train was outbound from Union station so it was not in a "push" configuration and that was probably why it did not derail like the Glendale crash in 2005 (Wikipedia) The photos I saw of the wreck showed that the car was spun around by the loco (i.e. a glancing blow) and that's probably why the guy got nailed and his wife survived. This is another example of the need to have grade crossings with four gates, not two. How many people have to die before the railways decide to spend the money? It took an act of congress to make them use air brakes Wikipedia), it looks like nothing has changed in 110 years! (No, I'm not _really_ pissed, I just sound like it :)</p>