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AUG 13 1991 BOOK 84 F,�;�E 25 a.m. she mentioned four trains going past (at various times) and blowing their horns (some loud and some louder) and speeding, all of which prevented her from falling asleep. Dr. Bailey described herself as a loyal citizen of the United States who has had all kinds of honors for the recruiting service. She stated she is here to represent the people who signed the petitions in favor of our ordinance. She felt the federal government issued this rule without notice, and she appealed to the Board to make decisions based on the wishes of the people who signed the petition. Bill Koolage, 815 26th Avenue, suggested that the railroads were interested in protecting themselves from lawsuits -and suggested we should work to get them immunity from the foolish acts of people who impatiently go around the crossing gates. Commissioner Scurlock thought our ordinance placed the railroad in a better position. Discussion ensued regarding placement of railroad track crossings and the cost and the fact that Florida East Coast Railroad dictates the placement of crossings, constructs and maintains the crossings, and sends the bill to Indian River County. We have no ability to take bids or negotiate contracts to save tax dollars. Mike Moore, 13085 Bay Street in Roseland, spoke of a rule which prohibits the engineer of a train from applying his emergency brake until impact. Apparently this was put into effect because of the many incidents of cars being on the track and playing "chicken"; that is, the engineer applied the brake, stopped the train, and the car drives off. In the meantime, the train may have Jackknifed. He felt this is more important than the whistle. Mr. Moore reported incidents where people had knocked on his door saying they had just been in a train accident. He also witnessed the train come down at full speed and not hit the brakes until after impact. He asked the Board to investigate the speed of trains and the law pertaining to stopping on impact; then we may be able to fight the blowing of train whistles. Mr. Moore described an experiment of a hypothetical situation where his sister-in-law would have to remove her three children from their car seats, and even if the whistle were blown, there would not be enough time to get the children out of the car. Commissioner Scurlock asked if his point is that allowing the emergency brake to be applied would have more impact than the whistle blowing. Mr. Moore responded that people would have a better chance to get out of the way. Vice Chairman Wheeler felt applying the brake would be futile because it takes a quarter to a half mile for the train to stop 22