Why do people drive around rail road crossing gates when they are lowered and a train is approaching?

Question:
Im an Engineer and have hit about 15 cars in 4 years and every one of them saw us coming but went around the gates and got stuck or thought they could beat the train

Answers:

You are following a galloping horse, there is another behind you?

It's just nature's way of thinning the herd by removing idiots.

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I like to think of it as "thinning the herd". It's just too bad that they do it with others in the vehicle.

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yeah, some people are stupid. apparently bright red flashing lights and clanging bells mean drive on through! apparently they are too impatient to wait 5 minutes. i also don't understand why some people walk through when a train is coming too. i mean, it's common sense!

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The vehicle drivers misjudge the speed of the train. Some trains
do come through crossings at 45mph but what about the ones that come through at 60mph? I have always thought the vehicle
drivers think they can beat the train so therefor they have to be
wrong in their assumption of the speed the train is traveling.
Just my honest opinion.

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Lets face it, some people are a few bricks short of an outhouse.

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If car insurance didn't exist, would people drive safely as they'd have to pay for the accidents they caused?

The US is a free country, and that means people are free to be as dumb as they want to be....

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Simple to get to the other side.
I ask you if you are the enginer then why do you run into these people? Sounds as it both parties need a brain overhaul/transplant.

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The same reason they run red lights and stop signs. They're idiots! In too much of a hurry.

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And to respond to Dr Delight........Use some sense dude! Big train on rails traveling at 50 mph.......where's he gonna go??

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