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akkat | 8 years ago

I assure you that if you jump in front of a moving train you will be killed. How is this different?

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princeb|8 years ago

cars are not trains, for one.

road usage is shared among cars, motorcycles and scooters, trucks, pedestrians, bicycles, mobility scooters, and other things.

akkat|8 years ago

Train tracks are also shared at train crossings. Yet if a car went there after the warning lights went on, the car would be to blame.

cesarb|8 years ago

The main difference is that a train, even under emergency braking, can't stop quickly, and it also can't swerve to avoid an obstacle. If you jump in front of a moving train, even if the train driver could see you before you jumped and could predict you would jump, you will get hit.