| Jan 29 |
A train accident lawyer can put you on the right trackby Bruce Westbrook
But such warm-fuzzy feelings about trains should not eclipse a basic truth: They’re dangerous. Trains weigh many tons, they move rapidly, they stop slowly and they cross busy streets regularly. You simply don’t want to mess with trains. Yet many people do, by illegally crossing railroad tracks just before trains pass, or perhaps by hitching a ride. And often these people don’t wind up chuckling over choo-choos. Instead, they wind up dead. Leading the state of Texas in train accident incidents is Houston’s home of Harris County, the nation’s third largest county after Los Angeles County and Chicago’s Cook County. According to KTRK News, between 1998 and 2007 Harris County recorded 1,400 incidents of train accidents. Train accidents also often occur in states such as California, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, New Jersey and North Carolina. Just recently, an 11-year-old girl in Harris County was playing on a train and had both of her legs severed. And often vehicles are struck by oncoming trains when they attempt to cross a railroad track. While drivers or pedestrians sometimes are at fault, railway and train lines also can be responsible for train accidents. Sometimes railroad tracks are not properly maintained, or railroad crossing signals may malfunction. The railroad line or train company also may have violated the many federal regulations governing railroads. If you or a family member has suffered harm from a train accident caused by another’s negligence, alert a train accident lawyer or train accident attorney with Jim S. Adler & Associates and explore your legal options for a train accident lawsuit. Your train accident case can be thoroughly examined to determine its cause, to determine who is responsible. Simply call toll-free today to 1-800-505-1414 to speak to a legal representative, or fill out our online form on this page for a free case review, and put your train accident case on the right track. One Response to “A train accident lawyer can put you on the right track”Leave a Reply |
Trains. You may have grown up playing with them. You may still laughingly label them “choo-choos.” Your child may enjoy DVDs of the lovably animated Thomas the Tank Engine. And you may like to consider your spunky self “the little train that could.”
I am a safe driver of over 15 years and have driving records to prove it.I am a contract US MAIL carrier and the below situation will now put my job in jeopardy!!
I was at a crossing in hapeville georgia on may 27th at approx 9 pm.The crossing was only marked with 2 sets of blinking lights on 2 poles.I was going to cross at this crossing.From working in the area, these signals go off and on every now and then for no reason whatsoever.There are 3 crossings within 2500 feet and all have this problem.No trains anywhere around and they come on and go off on a regular occurrence.A city officer was sitting in the intersection with his blue lights activated watching the track.No train was in sight, nor came by within 4 hours of this signal malfunction.I wasnt sure if he was sitting there waiting on the railroad company to come repair the signal or what, so I stopped, looked, listened and crossed.At this momeht, he made a traffic stop on my vehicle and gave me a citation for going thru a railroad signal.At 915, I pulled around the side of the track and sit there for 1 hour, no trains and the signals didnot come back on.At 105 am a train traveled thru the intersection.With the Negligence of the railroad to repair these signals and the possibility that I had NOWHERE to go, I was entrapped for a citation.If I had signalled and switched lanes, he would have writen me for illegal lane change, had I made a UTURN in the roadway as he suggested, he would have written me a ticket.had I backed up and changed lanes, he would have written me, so I can see how these malfunctioning sigtnals can be a cash cow for the department and also a possibility of me losing my job over the railroads Negligence of reapiring the signals.They also park trains all around this intersection due to a ramp yard where new cars are unloaded off trains and stored is close by.WHAT CAN I DO????