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Old 05-28-2025, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by RRGuyNJ View Post
I was a locomotive engineer for many years before I had to go out on disability. I can't tell you how many times I heard about cars being stuck on the tracks after they made a turn to head down the tracks at a road crossing. I was waved down a couple of times for this reason, luckily I never hit any of the cars. My thought is that their GPS says to make a turn and they do it no matter where it takes them.
Could be. Question: Did these incidents only occur in the Waze/GPS navigation era or did they also occur previously?