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And perhaps motorists should push their cars across the tracks, while we’re at it.
We will prescribe your behavior… for your own good! Boo.
the reason why? (^。^;)
At this location, the tracks cross the road at a very sharp angle. Also, this is in a rural location and the roadway is bumpy at the tracks. I imagine some people probably have fallen here.
I’ve never seen anybody actually dismount and walk across the tracks, but everybody does take extra caution at this rail crossing.
Ahh, I see the situation of there. It is such that everybody has only to get off a veｈicle there for safety without a man of Tarzan＾＾,right?. Thanks.
Great photo. Like the bike with lights. Nice to have these when riding at night.
I’d bet this has more to do with liability than anything else. If a cyclist falls due to the tracks, he’ll have a harder time proving that the crossing was faulty and hazardous. He was warned, after all.
Liability is my suspicion as well. This crossing probably doesn’t meet a design standard, so put up a sign to warn of the non-standard design.
It’s for their own good … so they can’t be sued when some doofus bites it on the tracks.
Up here in King County, WA, a fellow crashed pretty hard on a pothole and was very seriously injured. Since the route was marked as a bicycle route on the County Bike Map, his family successfully sued the county for millions. Now there’s a disclaimer on the map stating that they make no guarantees for the condition of the road, even if it is marked as a good bicycle route.