A freight train collided with a car hauler near Conyers, GA. The truck was bringing cars to a movie set, and they were rigging inside with cameras, etc. This was not the fault of the truck driver, but of the state or some other entity. There is a steep rise to cross the tracks, and the frame of the trailer bottomed out on the tracks. Although several police arrived on the scene, there was no way to move the truck. In all the time they were there, no one thought to call the railroad.

We have a situation like that around here. Turning off the highway at one spot, there is a very sharp downward slope. If a trailer doesn't have enough ground clearance, it will get hung up on the road and block traffic. There are so many laws regarding trucks. Why don't they have laws regarding roads?

Any truck driver pulling a trailer with a low belly trailer should be aware of high rise track crossings, unless he just doesn't know what he is doing. That is a truck drivers responsibility. I drove coast to coast for 28 years. No accidents, except once in New York City when an idiot ignored my turn signal while making a right turn and he tried to beat me in the turn on the right side of my 53 foot trailer and a telephone pole. He didn't make it, and the Policeman that investigated told me that idiots try to do this little trick in order to make money. He said that I could go on about my business, and he would take care of the idiot. I thanked him and went on my way.