Explain something to me

[kptvol]

It's definitely not survival of the fittest down there in Gainesville.

 

[volinbham]

There's a story in the local paper about a man who was riding his bicycle and was struck and killed by a train. Details are unimportant, but he was 56 and a construction worker from Georgia here for a project.

Explain to me: How is anyone who is not totally stoned, trying to commit suicide, or wearing noise cancelling headphones, ever hit by a train? I mean, I suppose there are a few places still around where the approach is blind enough that in the right circumstances someone might not see it coming. Still hard to imagine, really.

Buit if you are on foot or on a bike? I mean, how on Earth can you miss the fact that the thing is barreling down on you?

I've been asking this for years. When I lived in Illinois there were quite a few deaths every year (people getting hit by trains).

One guy was sleeping on the tracks! Seriously dude? Not only dumb but how in the world could that be comfortable. Maybe if the tracks were made out of fluffy down I could understand but wood, iron and gravel ain't exactly a Serta.

Basically if you can stay away from about a yard wide strip, you will never be hit by a train. It's not like they come looking for you.

 

[BigPapaVol]

My neighbor's husband was a perfect example of how this stuff happens. He was riding his Harley one day and just was in his own world. Just riding down the road when BAM! Slammed into the rear of a truck that was stopped to make a left turn. I am sure all of us at one time or other have been in that "zone" where we are completely oblivious to the rest of the world and only hear the thoughts or whatever in our own head.

inadvertently rear ending someone from inattentiveness I get, but getting hit by a train is an altogether different proposition. I don't remotely understand it.

 

[volsforever27]

inadvertently rear ending someone from inattentiveness I get, but getting hit by a train is an altogether different proposition. I don't remotely understand it.

If you did crystal meth as much as some of these people, you would.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Natural selection explains why some survive and prosper to become Gator fans, while the rest are thrown on the genetic trash heap and become UT fans.

I'm sorry, in which state did this little "accident" happen?

 

[kptvol]

inadvertently rear ending someone from inattentiveness I get, but getting hit by a train is an altogether different proposition. I don't remotely understand it.

I'd say the majority of these accidents are daredevils trying to ride trains, trying to get across the tracks by squeezing between slow moving cars, etc.

 

[BigPapaVol]

I'd say the majority of these accidents are daredevils trying to ride trains, trying to get across the tracks by squeezing between slow moving cars, etc.

then I don't really care to understand the problem.

 

[dan4vols]

then I don't really care to understand the problem.

The George Bush montra....marinate and enjoy.