Danger Train: Collision #69
KPRC-2 is reporting the latest Danger Train incident:
A driver ran a red light and hit a METRORail light-rail train Friday afternoon, police told Local 2.
Investigators said the motorist was traveling eastbound on Jefferson at Main shortly before 5 p.m. when she hit the train.No one was injured.
Police said the driver will be ticketed.
It was the 64th accident involving METRORail.
Actually, by our count, it's number 69, a number that only reaffirms that WE ARE WORLD CLASS!!!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/22/04 18:23 | Danger Train | Technorati
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Good to know the driver will be ticketed. =)
Posted by Anne @ 18:36 on 10/22/04
Because, you know, running red lights is just fine....
If they'd hit a car after running a red light, would that also reflect poorly on the hit car?
It's hard to believe Houston drivers are so incompetent. (True, individual Austin drivers seem to be worse -- they have a tendency to stop at red lights and then turn left across oncoming traffic -- but there are fewer of them.)
Posted by Adrianne Truett @ 12:11 on 10/23/04
After nearly ten years living here, I don't think I can be surprised any longer at the things Houston drivers do. :)
Not that I've seen it all -- goodness knows, that's not true (as the folks driving in the Main Street Line fountains earlier this year proved) -- but I just don't think the extent of their CREATIVITY can surprise me any more. We ARE world class in that regard! woo!
Posted by Kevin @ 12:24 on 10/23/04
I've seen people driving down the freeway with a newspaper open on the steering wheel.
Houston drivers really *are* worse. The accident rate per 100 million miles driven is 200 in Houston; the state average is only 146.
Posted by Dave the engineer @ 22:29 on 10/26/04
Houston drivers ARE bad...but...didn't METRO know this before they put a light rail line down the center of Main st? Did driving abilities deteriorate the instant the choo choo took on its first passenger?
Posted by callie @ 10:01 on 10/27/04
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