Car fled the scene? Was there a license plate attached to the dead bumper? Who owns the car?

That is the luckiest driver out there! Look for tweets about being run down by a train! He/she was probably distracted by something.

But when the police catch up to them they won't feel very lucky!

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I checked out "Clever Commuter". Wow, what an outstanding idea, and from the areas it's run in, it looks to designate specific common commutes, so he information you'll get from it (or send to it) is only information relevant to you.

I think this service could be very successful here, particularly for Palo Alto, as most people who work in PA don't live in PA.

The car fled the scene probably means 1 of 3 things:

The driver is uninsured.

The driver was DUI.

The driver was not legally licensed to drive; or maybe we should add a fourth scenario - he or she was...anyone have any ideas to fill in the blank there?

How does a train "hit" anything ... all it can do is travel on its tracks. Someone drove a car up on onto the tracks in the way of the train ... and they are damn lucky it just clipped the car. It could have smashed the car all over the place and hurt a lot of people and done a lot of damage.

Did anyone see anything?

How about he/she was just a really bad driver with poor judgement. I have seen many cars at these crossings roll up and stand within the barrier lines while they wait for the light. I have even had cars behind me beep to pressure me to roll up when there was no space to so. No way! I pass through those things c a r e f u l l y . Not long ago, some poor driver was killed at a crossing in Redwood City because his car got boxed in at the crossing by cars around him.

No IQ test is required to obtain a driver's license.

I saw thie car - it was a beige mercedes or bmw - it was on the tracks then tried to back up when the gate came down. I was wondering if they had backed up far enough but couldn't tell since I was on Alma.

Confused here.. How would it be able to back up when the gates were down without breaking the gate???????? Lucky the bumper didn't fly up in the air and come crashing down into their windshield...or up into the train's window..

The gate was coming down on the front hood of the car. It wasn't in the middle of the tracks, just poking out onto them.

Caltrain hit a car in San Jose today. No injuries. Not many details yet.
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You stop your car on railroad tracks and a train hits you. Let's just say you deserve your fate.

>> You stop your car on railroad tracks and a train hits you. Let's just say you deserve your fate. <<

I'd like to be able to say what you "deserve" for saying something like this. The whole class of statement like "???? deserves ?????" seems uselss and made by very judgmental and thoughtless people, the kind most of the executive functions of our world can do without.

I hate to say it, but this town is FILLED with horrible drivers who don't have a clue!!! Because of this I am constantly riding my breaks because I have no idea when someone is going to turn out in front of me, decide to make a left turn from the right lane, or decide to stop at an invisible stop sign. There have been numerous times when I have to ask if someone needs directions because they are absolutely clueless. I would say as a general rule: if you are lost, pull over don't try to bring your confusion onto the road, it only causes accidents. Additionally, and more on topic, I see people stopped, although briefly, on the rr tracks all the time. People are in such a rush to turn especially at alma and charleston on red that and they think that the people in the turn lane will turn rapidly that they sit and wait risking life and limb. bad idea. We are supposed to be one of the most educated towns in the country right? let's act like it!!!

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