| Posted by Monon43 on December 4, 2012 | |
Didn't anyone learn anything from what just recently happend in Midland TX?!?
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Nice angle!
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| Posted by on December 4, 2012 | |
Did you get his plate?
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| Posted by JohnR on December 4, 2012 | |
Bad enough risking his/her own safety, but putting other people's lives at risk... unforgiveable
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If the train is moving at all the bus doesn't have a chance. And the crossing gate is obviously going to come down on the top of the bus. That's one bus driver who should lose his license.
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Common sense would tell these people that the bus driver was about to begin crossing the tracks when the lights came on so he or she just stopped where they were. It's way more entertaining to jump on this persons case though, I get it...
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| Posted by Monon43 on December 4, 2012 | |
@SteveWSOR - Common sense would have the driver stop BEHIND where the crossing arm comes down to stop, look & listen. Then this would never have been a photography subject.
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| Posted by 1226 on December 4, 2012 | |
Send this in to the School Board. Great shot and Catch!
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Lots of discussion concerning bad driving. In defense of the driver, with the angled approach of the road to the tracks I can see this happening with the way the gate cuts across the road. Although we can’t tell if there is signage on the right hand side of the bus, it would have helped to have white lines on the roadway to assist drivers where they should stop.
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If you look closely, you can see a part of the white stripe across the road just to the left of the left rear wheel on the bus, just above the black RP.net banner.
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All the speculation on the driver's judgement is missing that this is a really great composition and photo. It tells a story without a caption and looks beautiful doing it.
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I concur with, Eric! The framing of the photo alone is artistic! Nice scene, Marshall. I always enjoy your photos.
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| Posted by on December 4, 2012 | |
@Monon43 You can only see a half dozen carlengths account the fog. Its not like the driver could actually see the oncoming headlight. I'm sure the driver stopped, looked but couldn't see, and listened (who knows if the hogger was late on the horn or not?). Bottom line, the driver began to cross in a perfectly legal manner, the crossing activated, and the driver stopped with the gate landing where it did. Spectators need to THINK before they judge. I cringe at the thought of you guys ever getting on jury duty.
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I'm sure none of you people who posted a comment about the bus driver have ever made a mistake in your lives, right? The one's saying he/she is putting the children's lives in danger... can you tell by that picture that there are students on board? Give it a rest folks!
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Looks like the bus driver stopped at the crossing when it wasn't activated, then pulled forward to look for the train and stopped. This is a poor crossing setup. Give the bus driver a break! He/she did the right thing by looking first instead of riding across the tracks and trusting the signals. The only thing "questionable" about this photo is the crossing setup. The stop bar is so far away from the tracks you can't really "look" until you pull up further. The photographer of this photo should edit his/her comments so that they're more accurate.
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Just to add my 2 cents to the story here.
The lens perspective can be decieving. Perhaps the driver was making a questionable move, perhaps not. No matter what, we all must remember to err on the side of caution around train tracks. After all, from the time we are in kindergarten and up we are told, "Any time is train time." I wont complain about the bus driver or the train crew since I wasn't there when the photo was taken, nor do I know that stretch of road and the special challenges it might have. If we govern ourselves to remember that lights or no lights, gates active or quiet, a train may come through at anytime.
My wife drives school bus and because of things like this, she stops now at EVERY crossing. Lets hope that this driver wasn't crowding the tracks going the other direction and that no trains were coming. I'm sure that he (or she) feels bad enough.
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| Posted by MRL4403 on October 17, 2017 | |
As a High School student, I have ridden the bus last year. All buses have to by regulation stop at a railroad crossing, although he may have and started to go forward right as the gates went down, and as it is foggy it would be hard to see any train coming. Its hard to say what the bus driver was thinking/doing, we will never know for sure. It is a very nice shot though.
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