Another close call with the Danger Train
It happened again: a local media person, who couldn't figure out why so many dumb Houston drivers were crashing into the Danger Train, experienced the problem first hand:
I was driving in downtown Houston near main when I came to the light rail. So when the light turned green I proceeded across the rails but in less than 1 second, and I do mean 1 second the light was yellow again and then red. And there was the light rail car right on me. I'm caught on the rail just as the light is turning red in less than a second or more...and I do mean no more. From this experience I assume in the engineering system the light rail car has the right of way. Meaning even if you have the green light and the rail is approaching the light will automatically change to accommodate the rail car. I see this as a very dangerous situation for drivers and pedestrians out there. Metro really needs to look at this issue because if it happened to me it's happened to others.
KEVIN WHITED ADDS (04-17-2006): I was waiting at a red at Main and Elgin this morning at about 7 o'clock headed west, watching the train approach from the north (headed south). Before the train had cleared the intersection, the Elgin light turned green. If a car on the other side had hit the gas to head east across the intersection, it would have struck the train and would have had a green light to do so! This isn't the first time I've seen this happen at that intersection.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 04/16/06 07:51 AM | Print |
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