The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Larks2242 251]

3931.

Jeeps arn't bad, my friend has a GTO and we kinda ran it into the ground one day... lets just say it needed new breaks faster then an average car

  Edited May 31, 2011 by Larks2242  

[Frdm920 50]

3932

Bus driver missed my stop on the way home -_-

Turns out though, it actually ended up benefiting me because where he did stop was right in line with my street

[Skimbo 304]

@Duke: Still my A4. The speedometer sait 230 when my dad pushed it out years ago on the Autobahn.

3933

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

3934

Marching band was awesome. I rather miss it. We had to march in the summer late in June because we had Community Days, complete with a parade and some crummy fireworks.

I used to have a Jeep, but I left it in RWD with the cruise on while it was sleeting and spun it around and killed it on I75 near Saginaw. I was sad to see it go, but oh well. It led me to buy a Subaru Impreza, and now I will never drive anything other than a car graced by the Pleiades. Unfortunately my company car now... Well, let's not talk about that, okay?

[Duke87 1,070]

(3935)

The speedometer on my car doesn't go past 120. Anything more and it would be "pegged".

[Timmystwin 201]

3936

Our speedo hits 150. Dont know whether our car would get there tho. (Does do 100 in 4th.)

[Paulobergonci 673]

3937

our car can reach 220Km/h

[astronelson 339]

3938.

I try to not go at 88mph unless I need to. Last time I did I ended up in 2119.

[Skimbo 304]

3939

I don't need to comment that.....

>Took it today on my way home (Well, I wanted to take a pic of this train while entering the station where I've boarded it)

  Edited May 31, 2011 by Skimbo  

[airman15 4,111]

3940

^Isn't that a dangerous position to be in?

[Larks2242 251]

3941.

If you want to live, its not a wise move.

[Skimbo 304]

3942

At least, getting hit is not very healthy. This guy did not get hit.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3943)

Being in a car and getting hit by a train is not necessarily instant death. A couple years ago here in Stamford some teenage girl got hit trying to beat the train at a crossing that had lights and bells but no gates. Not only did she survive, she walked away.

I of course consider this to be an utter failure of natural selection.

  Edited May 31, 2011 by Duke87  

[nathanthemayor 1,262]

3944

Being in a car and getting hit by a train is not necessarily instant death. A couple years ago here in Stamford some teenage girl got hit trying to beat the train at a crossing that had lights and bells but no gates. Not only did she survive, she walked away.

Someone tried that several years ago in Fresno; Their car got crushed and I think they died(but that was years ago and so I don't remember).

[Muck308 55]

3945

The other day while I was nowhere near any tracks, a car passed me that had swapped out its horn for a train horn. I thought to myself "Hmm, train must be coming... wait a minute."

[Larks2242 251]

3946.

That is legal?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

3947

Doesn't sound legal, but what do I know?

There are arms at basically all railroad crossings where I live (Japan), but the lights give you a good minute or two of blinking and bonging before the train actually comes. Beyond that, EVERYONE MUST stop when they come to a crossing. This apparently even applies when a train has just gone by and people can start moving through the crossing again. I believe it's a law, because I never see anyone NOT stop.

[un1 41]

3948 - Finally got around to posting my "beware of the hurricane season this year thread" (I had originally planned to post it on May 1st but I got lazy ).

[Muck308 55]

3949

That is legal?

Well after thinking about it, there is no way for me to know what vehicle it was that had the horn but I would suspect it was the Ford truck I saw. Either an F-250 or F-350. Now you train enthusiasts may have seen those trucks that are rigged up with train wheels so they can drive on the tracks. Personally, I have no idea why they have those but I've seen them. It may have been one of those and it was just driving down the road and messing with other motorists. Beats me. It was loud as all heck though.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3950)

Having a law against going through a crossing when the lights are blinking is silly. I mean, really, what's going to weigh more heavily on my mind? "Gee, I might get a ticket" or "Gee, I might get my brains splattered across the tracks"? If there needs to be a law against it to dissuade you from doing it, you deserve to get hit by a train.

  Edited June 1, 2011 by Duke87  

[astronelson 339]

3951.

It's a $150 fine to go onto the tracks at all at a train station, regardless of whether or not a train is coming.

As for it being illegal, some people regard the risk of being hit by a train is less than the few seconds to minutes you gain by running the light.

We hold the record for longest train - 7.353km, weighing 99,734 tons.

[airman15 4,111]

3952

I have seen some cases where drivers go around lowered gates to save time. But most of the time, these imbeciles end up getting hit by an oncoming train. Not only is it illegal in all states, but it isn't worth it to risk your life or break the law just because they were too impatient to wait 5 minutes or less.

[Skimbo 304]

3953

When wandering around the tracks over here, you risk only to hear a loud (And very friendly) version of "Get off there!"

[Muck308 55]

3954

The nice thing about living where I do is that there aren't a whole lot of rail crossings. Too many hoots and hollers as opposed to flat land. Around here they just build yet another bridge.

[Timmystwin 201]

3955

There are a lot of crossings here with no rails either side of the road, only on it. Thats coz then they can rebuild the railway when they want. Smart moves.

[Duke87 1,070]

(3956)

Marked as "exempt", no doubt.

(meaning school buses and hazmat trucks don't have to stop at them)

[Timmystwin 201]

3957

Nothing there but the rails. Dont have to stop.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=50.476174,-4.753441&spn=0,0.001321&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=50.476174,-4.753441&panoid=xM2U7FFmYBL_8WsV6MAU1w&cbp=12,99.12,,0,52.81

About 4 of them on that line. Clever people.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

3958

We have the one line running through town, and I believe with the summer travel season we're up to about two or three trains an hour, although when I first got here in April it was once an hour. Japan's a different place from the States. A lot fewer drivers, none of them teenagers.

  Edited June 1, 2011 by NMUSpidey  

[Muck308 55]

3959

What's the driving age in Japan, NMU Spidey?

[airman15 4,111]

3960

There are 2 lines running through here. Amtrak's Capital Corridor runs through here between Auburn and San Jose and Union Pacific Freight also runs through here. I am live close enough to these lines to where I can here the trains pass by.