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[mistymassey]

Today in 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, was executed for adultery, treason, and incest. She should have known better than to lose her head over a man, even if he was the king.

I was driving home this afternoon when I came upon what appeared to be a license check at a busy intersection that crosses a railroad track. I rolled down my window when I pulled up to the officer, but instead of asking for my license, he handed me a flyer warning me of the dangers of crossing train tracks. "Don't ever race a train!" he said. I promised I wouldn't and drove on, but now I'm curious as to why they were out there. There's nothing on the local news, but I can't help wondering if someone lost a game of train chicken.

Comments

[celtic_maenad]

I think it's probably because it's coming up on prom & graduation times - sudden freedom often goes to the heads of teens/early college kids.

That's my guess anyway.

[lunasv.livejournal.com]

More than likely, it's tied to The Herald's story Sunday about the train crossings in the Aragon Mill community and how DOT has proposed closing them because of safety issues.

I haven't heard anything from the paper about wrecks.

[madkestrel.livejournal.com]

Ah, that must be it. Thanks!

[elfmama.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing you didn't see any carnage. I remember a man speaking at my highschool about various dangerous things we teens did. He likened train chicken to a Coke can trying to scare a car. As I crossed a train track every day on my way to school and was usually running very late, that image stuck with me.