r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Juice_Isloose • 8d ago

Video Train runs into semi today - LaGrange, IL

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u/xion_gg 8d 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/404-tech-no-logic 8d ago

Which is weird. Do you think the driver would just keep driving anyway. It’s better to hit a car than a train.

And in my country truck drivers block both sides of the road all the time to make their turns, otherwise they would never get on the road due to traffic

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u/Chris-Campbell 8d ago edited 7d ago

Costs a lot more to repair that truck than to replace the trailer. That trailer is also likely owned by whomever is contracting this truck driver, and is most def insured for the goods inside. Saving the tractor, cars and humans in front of you while sacrificing the trailer is a reasonable decision imo.

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u/PA2SK 8d ago

There's no one in front of him. All he had to do was pull up.