Destroyed In Seconds Houston Metro Rail

an example of non attentive auto drivers mixing with light rail trains on city streets.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• light rail
• houston texas
• car accident
• train accident
• stupid drivers
• stupid people

[teknologik101]

What I think is dumb is how the light rail system only exists in the downtown area. Same with the metro buses. Everyone here lives in the suburbs. If they can't expand to the suburbs, the system is worthless. I would love to save some gas riding the train from Pearland to downtown.

[XaZe7]

@Lukelr I don't even know where to begin pointing out all the stupid things you just said.

[rodman1993]

I've never been to Houston. The light rail looks very modern. But why this? This is almost a lack of respect to the transit authority. To spend a huge sum of money to create a light rail system, and then to crash into a train once every 12 days? 245 crashes in 5 years? This is insane! I love the idea of light rail on city streets like almost everywhere Europe, but this is too much!

[jojo200517]

The one where it hit the railroad repair truck at 0:31 was pretty epic

[payless1981]

People should'nt be pulling in front of these trains. LOOK before you turn!!!!

[jdmifsud14]

Here's a solution: why not make the metro rail underground? making it underground would reduce the collisions and at the same time is an opportunity to expand to other areas of Houston.

[TheCheesyProductions]

I remember when this first came out, there was crashes on news like every week.

It was really dumb. And besides, barely anyone uses it and all it does is create accidents.

But at the same time, drivers in Houston are pretty aggressive and constantly breaks the traffic laws.

[l008comm]

I'd call that a bad design more than bad drivers. Around here, there are some sections of "street running" light rail. But when the trains are on the street, they go at normal speeds and basically operate as a bus that can't turn. They don't go flying around at high speed as if they have a separate right of way, and blast through intersections. It seems like a very stupid setup. And this from someone that rides Boston's green line.

[RichardKenni]

I think that the drivers in Texas all need to take Drivers Ed again after seeing this video.

[robert3302]

Hundreds of other cities have "light rail" (we used to call them streetcars) and this sort of thing happens extremely rarely. I have driven in Texas, and the heedlessness of the drivers is breathtaking. One of my best friends is from Texas and his driving horrifies other people. I'm really not trying to be offensive, I like Texas and have Texan friends, but their driving defies comprehension.

[requiem957]

@Lukelr dude WTF is wrong with you?!?!? im from mexico u dumbass!

[Ukraine2011]

Dumb asses! You would look out at a crossing for a commerical train, freighter that is, why would it be any different just cause it is a light rail train, there are crossing guards and signals as well as the train honking when they get ready to go thru an intersection