This doesn't have to do with speeders
directly, but I know we all want to encourage the public to behave safely
around trains and railroad tracks.
I saw a commercial on TV last night that I thought was disgusting. It
showed two engineers in their trains heading toward a crossing, then a
car off in the distance, back to the engineers, and then a close-up of
the Cadillac Escalade heading for the crossing. The next scene shows the
car off in the distance and the two trains going through the crossing.
There were no gates, I don’t remember seeing any signals, and this is a
lonely road out in the middle of nowhere, but I don’t think any of that
matters. Am I wrong here, or is this a commercial that should be pulled
immediately? It encourages trying to beat the train at a crossing and I
was shocked when I saw it. If enough of us contact Cadillac/GM, maybe they’ll
pull the commercial.
Patrice Warren