I'd guess there are sensors and if there's something detected on the crossing that needs to get off the exit gates stay up or go back up until it's clear, then lower as normal.
@@megatronacepticon There are inductive loops under the crossing, much like those under the asphalt that sense your car at a drive thru or a pay station that needs to know if there's a vehicle waiting to clear the wooden arm.
I happened to be watching that night. It's really strange but right after that train passed by, that car was first to pass over the grade crossing coming back across!
I just missed seeing this live. This is one of my favourite crossings in one of my favourite places Glendale. It was a very close call. When the barriers go fown there is not that much time until the train comes. Very fortunate a police officer & a good samaritan was on hand to push the car to safety.
Saved that Driver's Life, and hopefully that driver will now start shopping for Better Tires. PSA: ALL-SEASON TIRES ARE NOT RATED FOR WINTRY CONDITIONS!
Always look before you cross always. You can usually see the light of the train, even if the gates not down. In these conditions just wait. ❤️ Glad everyone was safe
I caught this live! Was flipping through VR and there it was! Rear wheel drive and possibly bald tires are useless in snow.🙄😡 Even though that's probably the steepest hill in Ohio.
I don't think it did. Both secondary arms come down at the same time (look at the left gate closest to camera). It looks like the first arms in the direction of travel come down first, then both of the other gates come down together.
@ I'm not saying this dude was some genius. I'm just saying it's not as if he just decided to go stop on the tracks... As there were no lights when he started, he likely didn't know a train was approaching either. His hazards were probably on since he was having trouble driving and so they're for alerting others, similar how a semi will do this on hills.
I saw this live and thought "Is this really happening?" Thankful for the cop and other good Samaritans who helped the driver, but I'm wondering why that driver, who (if you saw the seconds prior to this video) had already been struggling A LOT to get going, proceeded onto the tracks. He/she *had to* see that train before the crossing illuminated. That's a good time to wait it out.
Great action by the pedestrians and the police officer. I think it's a bit of a shame that the driver didn't stop and perhaps say thank you or make some kind of gesture of gratitude. But maybe the driver was in shock and forgot about it. 🤔
I always get out of the iced over two track and onto the snow for better traction in situations like that. You learn little things like that in the north
This is why I love my 2011 F150. Never got stuck and it does really good in the ice and the heavy snow, all I do is switch to 4x4 high and it does all the work B)
I wonder if the engineer or the conductor could see the car in the distance and if so I would have thought they would have done a thank you Honk with the train horn there.
This clip does not tell the whole story. I was watching live. I remember the cop pulling the car over on the cross street, out of camera view. After a few minutes, the car backed up and tried to go over the crossing. It couldn’t so it backed up and slid around for a few more minutes. It finally went back over the crossing and that is when this clip starts. If anything, the cop should not have let it come to this point.
Wait, that's cool! Did the gates know there was a car on the tracks and stayed open? Train gates are cool, just in general, because I'm a nerd. Including WigWags (if this was explained verbally in the video, I didn't hear, my battery-powered speaker setup was charging)
Come on, show the whole story. They got stuck turning around at that side road next to the tracks and stupidly decided after that to cross the tracks anyway. Stay home if it’s not absolutely necessary to be out in that kind of weather.
Curious if that's a "quiet zone" crossing preventing the engineer from sounding the horn. Perhaps an early horn blast would've helped the stop before crossing?
Thank you for showing that good people in the world do exist.
So true it seems most people today would rather stand back and film it so they could sell it to the news
@@remylopez4821 You guys watch too much TV
@@remylopez4821 *COUGH COUGH* Bennet, NE *COUGH COUGH*
Good people and bad tires exist
Sometimes those good people just show up when you least expect em.
I love when exceptional video clips like this are posted as their own video! Thanks so much for doing this, instead of burying it in a grab bag!
It was in a grab bag...
@@ren-uz2mz I assumed so. Nice to see they posted it here by itself as well!
It was in a grab bag. The clip does not tell the whole story.
They saved that person's life at the risk of their own. They deserve a reward of some kind.
That car better have come back and thanked those men!!
Definitely some good samaritans saving the driver from disaster. Nice.
As the Adam West Batman would say "Bravo good citizens!"
Hats off to the people who helped him escape from the crossing! ❤
Glad there’s still Good humans around!
A lot more good than bad. Unfortunately, the msm only cares about showing the latter.
BEAUTIFUL, AN APPEARANCE OF SUPERMAN AND BATMAN RIGHT ON TIME.
You mean Batman and his sidekick
Good people
I like the voice over in the videos
Luckily, that quad gate stayed up for a little bit because the car is on the tracks and it need to stay up until it clears the other side
That's what the quad gates are meant to do. Instead of being stuck on the tracks, it acts like an emergency exit
Gates give a lot..
That wouldn't have stopped the train.😆
I'd guess there are sensors and if there's something detected on the crossing that needs to get off the exit gates stay up or go back up until it's clear, then lower as normal.
@@megatronacepticon There are inductive loops under the crossing, much like those under the asphalt that sense your car at a drive thru or a pay station that needs to know if there's a vehicle waiting to clear the wooden arm.
They should be proud of what they did from preventing a major accident
Thank you officer and your two helpers in Glendale Ohio
Such a good thing to see. Thanks for sharing.
I happened to be watching that night. It's really strange but right after that train passed by, that car was first to pass over the grade crossing coming back across!
I just missed seeing this live. This is one of my favourite crossings in one of my favourite places Glendale. It was a very close call. When the barriers go fown there is not that much time until the train comes. Very fortunate a police officer & a good samaritan was on hand to push the car to safety.
Saved that Driver's Life, and hopefully that driver will now start shopping for Better Tires.
PSA: ALL-SEASON TIRES ARE NOT RATED FOR WINTRY CONDITIONS!
You can't assume they had the incorrect tires on their vehicle. The video is too far away to tell.
@@benjaminsorensoncleated tires would not have done that
Always look before you cross always. You can usually see the light of the train, even if the gates not down. In these conditions just wait. ❤️ Glad everyone was safe
This belongs on all nation-wide mainstream media news! 👍❤
Amazing beyond belief! The fact that they risked their lives for that other man is amazing. Lucky man.
I caught this live! Was flipping through VR and there it was!
Rear wheel drive and possibly bald tires are useless in snow.🙄😡 Even though that's probably the steepest hill in Ohio.
It's so cool that the exit gates on the crossing knew something was wrong and stayed up until the car was off the crossing.
Good observation. I'm an old railfan and never knew that idea was incorporated into warning systems.
I don't think it did. Both secondary arms come down at the same time (look at the left gate closest to camera). It looks like the first arms in the direction of travel come down first, then both of the other gates come down together.
afaik the grade crossings with quad gates all have that feature
@@hyperthreaderIf you look at a regular video of this crossing you can see all 4 arms go down at basically the same time
I saw this a few days ago on the news. They showed it from the cops bodycam
same, I never knew that VRF had a camera there.
@@i_g_man I didn't either.
Well that was awfuly nice of em! :D
bUt nOrThErNeRs KnOw hOw To dRiVe iN sNoW! 🙃
Thank you so much for saving the driver's life.
Also love the fact is a quiet zone....wish I had that in my area
i saw this live on Glendale static camera
Bravo guys, you did good. The driver should have stopped and bought them all a drink or something
The media really NEED to publicize NEVER stopping on tracks for any reason.
Tell that to the snow, bro. He didn't "stop", he was stuck.
@@Batmann_ Almost without traction on the road, with hazard lights already on …
Well, it turned out as expected.
@ I'm not saying this dude was some genius. I'm just saying it's not as if he just decided to go stop on the tracks...
As there were no lights when he started, he likely didn't know a train was approaching either. His hazards were probably on since he was having trouble driving and so they're for alerting others, similar how a semi will do this on hills.
@@Batmann_well, you really shouldn't be driving with tires that bad. It's dangerous for you and everyone else.
Saw this on the livestream in Glendale OH
Lord, bless them. Why didn't he stop and thank them, though? My gosh, they saved his life.
He had to get back to the liquor store before they closed
@@stratocasterblue LOL I believe it!
This intersection looks real cool with the tracks and crossing lights gas station, I guess drunks don't think so
It doesn't get any scarier than that--at least I hope it doesn't. Thank heaven for those angels in disguise!
God bless them!
Great video
❤❤❤❤ we need more videos lile this online
I saw this live and thought "Is this really happening?" Thankful for the cop and other good Samaritans who helped the driver, but I'm wondering why that driver, who (if you saw the seconds prior to this video) had already been struggling A LOT to get going, proceeded onto the tracks. He/she *had to* see that train before the crossing illuminated. That's a good time to wait it out.
What a beautiful scenery 😍
And the driver didn’t even thank them
That was a close call!
There is only a few of us left.
Great action by the pedestrians and the police officer. I think it's a bit of a shame that the driver didn't stop and perhaps say thank you or make some kind of gesture of gratitude. But maybe the driver was in shock and forgot about it. 🤔
Without their help, the car wouldn't have been saved
This is wholesome 😄🥺
Wow That was scary. the is no doubt about it?
Respect!
0:44 the CSX has knocked down the clear signal
Where do I look to see it? I have no idea about it. What is the clear signal? Telling the train driver that the intersection is clear?
@ On the left where there is a green light over red light. And yes, the clear signal tells the train that the line is clear.
Actually, I'm surprised it turned out this way, as CSX seems to quite frequently be involved in collisions.
Outstanding cstch
I always get out of the iced over two track and onto the snow for better traction in situations like that. You learn little things like that in the north
This is why I love my 2011 F150. Never got stuck and it does really good in the ice and the heavy snow, all I do is switch to 4x4 high and it does all the work B)
Somehow they managed to stop directly on the tracks.... Can this society get any dumber?
Let's be honest, we all knew a Chrysler 300 could never make it over those tracks even on dry roads.
I would’ve got out and taking the money from the insurance claim.😂
Wooow
I wonder if the engineer or the conductor could see the car in the distance and if so I would have thought they would have done a thank you Honk with the train horn there.
I wonder how the "exit" gates knew to either not drop (on the far side), or go back up (near side)?
Luckily the gates went to override
Bravo guys ! 👍
That's great, but I'm more shocked to hear a voice over in a VRF vid.
We thought you might like the extra commentary! 😂
@@VirtualRailfan Liked it very much--great job!
@ Was well received, thank you!
Free coffee for those men! No donuts.....we're all on a diet.
New fear unlocked
awesome
A foot?! Dude this is a couple inches.And someone needs some winter tires.
I couldn't agree more.
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Well done!
They have heaters on the switches, they should put heaters on vulnerable icy crossings.
The railroad only owns the tracks and signals. The pavement belongs to the local/state government.
@@wtxrailfan I have seen railroad equipment placing concrete slabs at crossings between and next to tracks.
@@colorado1088 Yes, that's within the railroad right of way. But the inclined snow-covered grade crossing that caused the problem is not.
@@wtxrailfan You're right.
do quad gates have some extra sensors to stay up if there's a car? Curious why the left one starts to go down then goes back up
Very nice!
❤
Amen!
How did you take this video ?
the car got saved
This clip does not tell the whole story. I was watching live. I remember the cop pulling the car over on the cross street, out of camera view. After a few minutes, the car backed up and tried to go over the crossing. It couldn’t so it backed up and slid around for a few more minutes. It finally went back over the crossing and that is when this clip starts. If anything, the cop should not have let it come to this point.
I wonder why the hazard lights are flashing for the whole video.
Wow
Wait, that's cool! Did the gates know there was a car on the tracks and stayed open?
Train gates are cool, just in general, because I'm a nerd. Including WigWags
(if this was explained verbally in the video, I didn't hear, my battery-powered speaker setup was charging)
Awesome
ATTA Boys
No driving skills.
Get. Winter. Tires. There's no reason a Chrysler 300 should be struggling in a little bit of snow.
👍 and if U get in contact again with the person as your future partner its ❤ destiny !
you mean lifetimes before the train showed up?
No, **17 seconds**
@@Tombilicus eeeh close enough.
OK but that was NOT a close call
Did u cut the video? How did people show up that quickly?!?!? 🤔
Help me out herre. How come the train doesn’t use the horn at all here? Is there different laws/rules depending on the state which the train operates?
How did those crossing gates up for them and then back down?
Never seen that before. Is there a sensor on this crossing?
winter tires not standard there?
Come on, show the whole story. They got stuck turning around at that side road next to the tracks and stupidly decided after that to cross the tracks anyway. Stay home if it’s not absolutely necessary to be out in that kind of weather.
Rear wheel drive, real bright in the ick
always this one kid that always has to talk negative to anything 😂😂
The weather is fine when the car is properly equipped with winter tyres (chains for steeper roads).
Curious if that's a "quiet zone" crossing preventing the engineer from sounding the horn. Perhaps an early horn blast would've helped the stop before crossing?
I’ve heard it is a quiet zone.
If it wasn’t for those people. The car could have been hit. But i don’t care for this
if u didnt care then why did u click 😂😂
Maybe the person in the car should have looked both ways before attempting to cross. Either way glad this person made it out alive and on there way.
Proper tyres would make more sense.
While Michigan fans don't like 'em much, generally Buckeyes is good folk.
Above stated with humor. Thanks to whomever those quick thinking guys were.
good
I don’t get the fascination of people watching trains 🚂.
There’s roughly 12 million of us watching, each month!
is the January 2025 newsletter coming out soon or are you skipping it this month?
True Ohioans helping their own
Not the smartest driver.
Why aren't the authorities cleaning the Crossing?