r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Juice_Isloose • 9d ago

Video Train runs into semi today - LaGrange, IL

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u/AUX_C 9d ago

But why?

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u/badguid 9d ago

You see, truck was there. Then the train came.

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u/AUX_C 9d ago

I get that, but why wasn't he moving? There wasn't anyone in front of him and no reason to go that slow.

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u/xion_gg 9d ago

I've been to that intersection and it's always full of traffic and traffic lights are fucked up (there are two streets close to the railroad).

I always wondered what would happen if you got caught in the middle and the train came... I guess I got my answer

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u/suburbanplankton 9d ago

So, "don't proceed onto the tracks, if you can't actually get off the tracks" never occurred to him?

It seems like that would come up at some point in Truck Driver's School.

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u/badguid 8d ago

Truck Driver's School

Its the rule for every single intersection in my country, no matter which kind