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Railroad Crossing PlanA suggestion for warning devices at railroad crossings, much cheaper than installing red blinker Ughts or gates has been forwarded by John C. Becker and officials might find it has enough merit to look into.With the rising rate of crossing accidents, most recently emphasized by the deaths of a mother and two young daughters in Sarasota last week, every possible deterent to future tragedies should be explored.Becker simply suggests putting two or three road depressions in each approach to the railroad tracks, the first about 100 feet from the tracks and at least one other, this one from 30 to 40 feet from the tracks. He would have the first depression about two feet deep with gradual banks and the second depression would be about three feet deep and constructed the same way, with sloping banks.Under the Becker theory, the first depression would serve as a warning and the second would demand a slow rate of speed. Warning signs also would be included.According to Becker, drivers would feel the depressions in the pavement in any type of weather or under anyconditions, and quickly come to realize that the depressions, plus the signs, mean to slow down. “This method would cause a slow up or a bump on the cranium,” Becker says.Becker, incidentally, a scenographic engineer, is not related to the family involved in the recent crossing tragedy.At any rate, with consideration being given to various safety measures to protect motorists at railroad crossings, the Becker plan should be among those considered if, for no other reason, from an economic viewpoint. It might not be the perfect plan, but it may be the nucleus of a plan to remove some of the danger from the crossings.
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Bradenton Morning Call
Bradenton, Florida, US
Wed, Nov 14, 1962
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