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after the brake is applied. In addition, you run the risk of <br />derailing the train and causing personal injury to other people. <br />Mr. Moore argued that trains stop in stations; so, again, <br />speed is the factor. <br />Vice Chairman Wheeler stated there are speed limits for <br />trains. <br />Mr. Moore would like the Board to investigate safe. speed <br />limits and when to stop the trains. <br />George Corley from Brevard County distributed a report <br />entitled "FEC Whistle -Ban Potential Crossings." He pointed out <br />there had been a decrease in accidents experienced in Indian River <br />County since the ban on train whistles between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. <br />He mentioned noise abatement in airplane traffic and also mentioned <br />that in Europe there is no commercial trucking on the weekends. He <br />stated the report lacks the details of the accidents: whether they <br />were playing Russian roulette or under the influence of drugs or <br />alcohol, or breaking the law and being chased by the police. Mr. <br />Corley thought it important for the Commissioners to check with the <br />police department and sheriff's department and the coroner for <br />these details. <br />Mr. Corley described an experiment of being in his car at a <br />crossing with his windows closed and air conditioning on and radio <br />going and noted that by the time he heard the last blast of the <br />train horn, the engine was already through the crossing. In other <br />words, the train whistle is not as effective as the flashing <br />lights. He pointed out the biggest increase in accidents was in <br />Dade and Broward Counties. He also pointed out the data in the <br />report does not reflect the increase in train traffic, which is a <br />point that should be considered and advised that when he brought up <br />the point of the increase in population, he was told there was no <br />increase in accidents during the daylight hours. His retort was <br />that during the daylight hours people are not spaced out or drunk. <br />He also would like the data to indicate whether it is Saturday <br />night. <br />Doris Waring, 1256 42nd Avenue in Vero Beach, informed the <br />Board that her son was killed by a train. During the investigation <br />of the accident, the statements indicated the gate had been going <br />up and down all day, so Mrs. Waring does not know whether the car <br />went around the gates, and will never know. Mrs. Waring remarked - <br />there will always be young people out after 10 p.m., children on <br />buses going on field trips, to ballgames, bands coming back late at <br />night. She felt most parents would like to hear the horns blow. <br />There also are people going back and forth to work between 10 p.m. <br />23 <br />AUG 1311 <br />BOOKI( y�''N D <br />BOOK 4 FAY-%lC <br />