if trains honk at every crossing (in the US), shouldn't cars be honking at every crosswalk? (lemmy.world)

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

No, it doesnt make sense for the following reason:

Trains have priority. Road users are required by law to yield to them.

Unless the crosswalk is signalized, cars do NOT have priority & are required by law to crosswalk users.

this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2023

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