Idk who needs to hear this but:
Do not stop your car on train tracks, ever.
Unless you have a 1000000% guarantee that the tracks are never used, do not walk on train tracks.
Many places in the US are repairing their unused tracks for additional passenger lines. Tracks that have been abandoned for years or even decades may now have trains on them.
Do not walk on railroad bridges.
Do not play chicken with trains. They will win.
Trains are faster than your car is. You cannot outdrive a train.
Trains are faster than you are. You cannot outrun a train.
Trains are, in general, much faster than you think they are and the train operator cannot stop in time even if they see you.
If you think that you'll just know a train is coming, that you'll hear or see it in time to move, then you are wrong.
If your car is stalled on tracks or otherwise stuck and you can't move it after several tries, get out instead of spending more time trying. If a train is actively coming towards you, just get out. Move at an angle towards the train and away from the tracks so that you aren't in the path of the car getting pushed or at immediate risk of being hit by debris.
Most railroads have signage with emergency numbers; call the number about any obstructions or damage to the tracks.
People die from train collisions all the time, both in and out of vehicles. In the US, train-car collisions and fatalities have stayed pretty much the same since 2009, averaging at ~250 fatalities every year. This does not include people just walking on tracks; my area has had multiple fatalities from pedestrians being hit by trains in the last few years.
You do not want to be another memorial on the tracks.
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