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May
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Do you step on the pedal and speed under the railroad crossing gates when the red lights start flashing? I do…
But I won’t anymore.
Yesterday I was driving with my friend when we approached the railroad tracks. There was a car in front of me when the lights started flashing. That car sped past the tracks as the gates are starting to come down. But there’s still plenty of time for me to pass. “You have to stop,” my friend warned. “You can get a ticket for that.” She knew from experience because her husband got a $300+ ticket for doing that.
It was a good thing I took her advice. A cop came out of hiding, .and caught the car that was in front of me.
Close one.
May 31st, 2010 at 1:15 pm
hey katy. glad you didn’t get a ticket. trains over in the bay area get up to 70 mph as they are bullet trains that only stop at certain stations. so I never risk it (not so much for not getting a ticket, I just don’t wanna get hit by a train if for some reason my car stalls on the tracks!)