Walking Dogs along Train Tracks in Cambodia

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Re: Walking Dogs along Train Tracks in Cambodia

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Not likely she’d get hit per se, but the stopping distance on a freight train is pretty long and it takes a lot to get back up to speed. So the moment they spot her they have to start braking hard way ahead of time even if they think she will move. Heck, she might be cheerily waving them past with no idea of the trouble she caused over a mile back.

So it’s less a case of her being in grave danger and more a case of it being a selfish disruptive thing to do.
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nerdlinger wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:08 pm Not likely she’d get hit per se, but the stopping distance on a freight train is pretty long and it takes a lot to get back up to speed. So the moment they spot her they have to start braking hard way ahead of time even if they think she will move. Heck, she might be cheerily waving them past with no idea of the trouble she caused over a mile back.
Since when did they start employing alert and aware train drivers who were were not under the influence of drugs or alcohol??
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It's one of those odd questions! Thing is your educated, so you know what the possible dangers are. I have kind of addressed this type of subject in the past here in Cambodia, and most results end up with accidents, people sleeping on the train tracks, usually after a skin full of beer, here the end outcome we read in the news of their deaths. Some people have not seen trains before, and don't seem to understand the dangers of their own actions. It would be good to know, and more so near the areas of railways that at least the kids in schools are being taught on the dangers of playing on the tracks.
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