What would you do? Apparently I chose wrong and there’s a “preventable minor accident” on my record 🤦🏾‍♂️

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738350 发表于 2020-07-23 15:27:48 That’s exactly what I thought. No contact with the train at all. When I proceeded forward slowly, I seen the train coming, I put it in reverse and as I’m back up the gates come down on the hood and rip my hood mirror off. What was I supposed to do? Sit there and wait to see if they could stop in time?

","text":"some people on here just say the exact opposite to be opposite! same ones who blare the horn if you kinda pause a second at the green light; to make sure someone aint running a red light ","replyToPid":390271}

824549

{"replyTo":"","text":"ive seen lots  of weird things happen to other trucks in front of me at train crossings; construction crossings; these guys are allll know it alls until bad luck happens to them ","replyToPid":0}

738350

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824549 发表于 2020-07-23 16:24:26 some people on here just say the exact opposite to be opposite! same ones who blare the horn if you kinda pause a second at the green light; to make sure someone aint running a red light

","text":"Sheep 🐑 ","replyToPid":390290}

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766797 发表于 2020-07-23 16:25:32 on every crossing on the gates is crossing # and phone # report issues and make plenty of pictures police and insurance report or all will go hunting you down in future

","text":"There was a police report. Crazy how the dock was right across the train tracks but there were no cameras. I asked and they didn’t have any. Weird huh? ","replyToPid":390294}

738350

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824549 发表于 2020-07-23 16:29:10 ive seen lots  of weird things happen to other trucks in front of me at train crossings; construction crossings; these guys are allll know it alls until bad luck happens to them

","text":"Seriously, they say what I “should have done” but would freeze up if they were in that predicament. I bet half the ones saying what I should have done had never drove a big rig a day in their lives. ","replyToPid":390298}

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738350 发表于 2020-07-23 16:07:48 Lmao 😂 \nI just did what I thought was right while being careful and I went with instinct. What’s crazy is the gates are not supposed to let up until both trains have passed. It was a malfunction but it’s still my fault. Big companies don’t care about an individual. Only their pockets. Had I got hit and died or somehow got someone else killed they’ll replace me in the next hour.

","text":"I know a guy that works at a different company that actually went over tracks he knew were humped to where he had to hammer it to get his low slung trailer across and went he started over had to stop because of a car coming and guess what, load and trailer were total loss and so was the train. Still has his job, not driving but as the dispatcher now.","replyToPid":390280}

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738350 发表于 2020-07-23 16:07:48 Lmao 😂 \nI just did what I thought was right while being careful and I went with instinct. What’s crazy is the gates are not supposed to let up until both trains have passed. It was a malfunction but it’s still my fault. Big companies don’t care about an individual. Only their pockets. Had I got hit and died or somehow got someone else killed they’ll replace me in the next hour.

","text":"I know a guy that works at a different company that actually went over tracks he knew were humped to where he had to hammer it to get his low slung trailer across and went he started over had to stop because of a car coming and guess what, load and trailer were total loss and so was the train. Still has his job, not driving but as the dispatcher now.","replyToPid":390280}

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{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"The question you should ask yourself is, what did I take away from this? And how can I prevent this from happening again? These questions are what makes a skilled and accident free driver. Stuff happens out here so, call it a lesson hopefully learned and move on with your day. "}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Sounds like a lawsuit to me","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I don’t think the DAC reports identify fault, just loss. I’m just guessing but I think they want you to do steps to prevent loss of property. I don’t know what you could have done differently but that’s what they want. I’m not sure what that looks like on a report. Might look bad to have been damaged by a crossing gate. ","replyToPid":0}