On my way home from work yesterday the lights at a RxR crossing start flashing and the arms start coming down. A minivan that was in front of me, that I noticed had been driving pretty aggressively prior, tries to make it through the crossing with the lights flashing but doesn't make it. The minivan tries backing up but the RxR crossing arm comes down on the top of his van and traps him. Seconds latter the train goes rushing past inches from his van. I snapped a pic with the camera on my phone.



He must've crapped his pants! It was so close I thought for sure he was getting hit. The car that was behind the minivan had backed up, probably thinking the van was getting hit and wanting to avoid the crash. It was damn close! The guy was a fool. Don't try to make it under the RxR crossing arms when they are coming down!

When the train passed and the arms went up, freeing him, he wasn't driving aggressively any more.

 

It's idiots like him that gets everyone in trouble. I stopped for a railroad crossing one time and the a-hole behind me was honking me to run through it.

 

Damn.. Darwin must have had the day off...

 

Just think...only a few more inches and you would've been posting this on ogrish.

 

.....indeed! Seems like that would have been another step in culling the human herd.

 

What kind of issues do you need to have to aggressively drive a minivan

 

I think they closed that site down, or its changed to live link. I miss Ogrish

 

The fact that he's driving a minivan...

 

What an idiot. I would have crapped my pants.

A few years ago a 16 y/o girl that lives in my town was hit by a train. Fucked her up pretty good. She's lucky to even be alive. There's a little about it on this page: http://www.lawcore.com/legal-information/08-15-05.html

 

Fortunately he didn't have kids strapped into the back otherwise I might of had to give him a beat down.

 

Thats a very good thing.

 

The people on the train got a good close-up view of the idiot's face.

 

idiot

 

fuckin retard! Hopefully there werent kids inside.

DUDE! The pic alone looks scary!!!

I woulda shit my pants and passed out in fear.

 

Word..lucky guy

 

@ her boyfriend using his car to push her further into harms way. Pure Genius

 

I still don't understand why she didn't get the hell out of the car though.

 

I was thinking the same thing..

 

Happens all the time here. We have a main set of tracks the Amtrak & the south FL tri rail use. I see idiots trying to beat the arms all the time. Then you have the other idiots that don't stop before the arms in traffic & just sit STOPPED ON THE TRACKS or under where the arms would come down waiting for the traffic in front of them to go.

 

What do you think you would do in the same situation?

After watching this guy at the tracks I thought about what I would do. I know for sure I wouldn't have sat there like an idiot. Notice his backup lights aren't on? He was backing up but then the arm came down and hit the top of his van with a loud "Whack" so he stopped and he just froze there. I would've just keep backing up. I mean it's life or death here. The train could've caught the corner of his van and dragged him and his car down the tracks.

 

I would have moved, regardless of the crossing arm, whatever. Trains are messy business

 

Wooooow...good thing he didnt get hit, that would have been messy..and not bad for a camera phone pic lol

 

Yeah not bad, took it from my my Razr phone, plus it was getting dark out.

 

umm, he didn't backup why? I probably would have got out of the car

 

That's awsome, what an asshat. I can bet you that he will never try that stunt again.

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Why in the world would you ever play chicken with a train?! What a moron.