Danger Train: Collision #34

To answer Rob Booth's question from earlier -- of course this collision counts!

Here are the details from KHOU-11:

Metro recorded its 34th light rail accident on Monday.

A driver backing out of a private driveway in the Texas Medical Center area grazed a train.

No one was hurt and the damage was minimal.

Adjusting traffic lights is one way Metro plans to help decrease the accident rate. Metro has the highest accident rate for any rail line in the country.

I love how KHOU notes that Metro hopes to cut down on accidents by adjusting traffic lights. How many of you kind readers have a Danger Train Traffic Light at the edge of YOUR driveway? Just curious.

The Comical has coverage buried here, and KPRC-2's coverage is here. Action America keeps track of the accidents in an amusing fashion here.

We're world class!

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 04/13/04 22:09 | Danger Train | Technorati

Previous Entry | Home | Next Entry



Comments

Add Comments

While it is not required, creating an account for commenting provides a number of benefits (such as comment editing and bypassing the captcha challenge). You may log in to your account here.

No flames or impolite behavior. Any questions, see the site policies. Older posts are moderated (because of spammers), so if your post does not appear immediately, that could be why.

HTML will be stripped. URLs will be transformed into hyperlinks.

[b]text[/b] will produce bold text. [i]text[/i] will produce italicized text.

This item is closed, it's not possible to add new comments to it or to vote on it

Comments for this post must be approved before being published. Thank you!

SITE MENU

» Weblog
» About Me
» Archives
» Disclaimer
» Flickr Gallery
» Syndication
» Twitter

BLOG

» Create Account
» Log In


DISCLAIMER

Content and design copyright © 1997-2008, Kevin Whited.

Posts represent the views of Kevin Whited (and occasional guest bloggers) only, and do not necessarily reflect the views of employers, family, friends, or significant others.