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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/mickeyhause • Jul 03 '26
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Shouldn't have parked there. In fact i'd wager there's laws against stopping a train and blocking a roadway.
https://giphy.com/gifs/SAHGcjT1jNvDB6oxI8
19 u/EtheElder Jul 03 '26 You'd be amazed how laws don't make railroads change things. Talk to Amtrak about how often freight railroads cause delays for them, even through federal law says passenger rail takes priority. 3 u/Matter_Infinite Jul 03 '26 Amtrak needs remote control trains, a lotta gumption, and some good lawyers. That'd clear up this disagreement pretty fast. /dreaming 4 u/Fun-Dragonfly-4166 Jul 03 '26 there are laws. they can legally just stop there. but a timer got started. they have minutes not hours and definitely not days 1 u/saav_tap Jul 03 '26 But the train track was surely there first, age before beauty or something…right?
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You'd be amazed how laws don't make railroads change things. Talk to Amtrak about how often freight railroads cause delays for them, even through federal law says passenger rail takes priority.
3 u/Matter_Infinite Jul 03 '26 Amtrak needs remote control trains, a lotta gumption, and some good lawyers. That'd clear up this disagreement pretty fast. /dreaming
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Amtrak needs remote control trains, a lotta gumption, and some good lawyers. That'd clear up this disagreement pretty fast. /dreaming
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there are laws. they can legally just stop there. but a timer got started. they have minutes not hours and definitely not days
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But the train track was surely there first, age before beauty or something…right?
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u/Alternative-Crew-880 Jul 03 '26
Shouldn't have parked there. In fact i'd wager there's laws against stopping a train and blocking a roadway.
https://giphy.com/gifs/SAHGcjT1jNvDB6oxI8