They do this shit at least 3 times a week here in south Mississippi, and its a fucking freight train with over a hundred train cars usually.

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    19 hours ago

    with over a hundred vehicles steady burning gas all around

    How are hundreds of car drivers as stupid as the dust on the road and don’t turn off their engines?

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      18 hours ago

      AC/heat doesnt work when the vehicle is turned off. Some vehicles require getting out and smacking the starter with a hammer to get it to turn over. Just to give a couple of reasons why you wouldnt want to turn off your vehicle when stuck by a train.

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        17 hours ago

        Yes, I’m familiar with reasons that passenger vehicles break down. Shit happens, I get that.

        But the fucking miles long freight train itself shouldn’t break down 3 to 5 days a week, that’s what’s going on here.

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      18 hours ago

      Good question.

      Apparently, if you multiply two sides of two major intersections that are two lanes wide, backed up for over a half hour or so, then how many cars are being blocked from travel?

      Sorry I didn’t get out and do an exact count, I can’t exactly be in two places at once, but this shit blocked all the intersections to our part of town.