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Union Pacific hopes Operation Lifesaver program will stem rail deaths, accidents
Passengers board a passenger car during Union Pacific's Operation Lifesaver on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Union Pacific hopes Operation Lifesaver program will stem rail deaths, accidents
Passengers look out windows as they ride a train through Lodi during Union Pacific's Operation Lifesaver on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Union Pacific hopes Operation Lifesaver program will stem rail deaths, accidents
Engineer Jeff Uehl watches for activity on the tracks as he drives a passenger train through lodi during Union Pacific's Operation Lifesaver on Tuesday, June12, 2012.
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Union Pacific hopes Operation Lifesaver program will stem rail deaths, accidents
Brian Watts of Union Pacific Railroad gives a train safety presentation to passengers on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
- About Operation Lifesaver
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Operation Lifesaver began in 1972 when the average number of collisions at U.S. railroad crossings along highways had risen to more than 12,000 incidents per year.
To try and combat that number, the Idaho governor's office, along with the Idaho Peace Officers and Union Pacific Railroad, launched a six-week public awareness educational campaign called Operation Lifesaver to promote highway-rail grade crossing safety.
After Idaho's crossing-related fatalities fell that year by 43 percent, the program was adopted by Nebraska in 1973 and Kansas and Georgia in 1974. Within a decade, it had spread around the country.
In 1986, a nonprofit national Operation Lifesaver office was created to help support the efforts of state programs and raise national awareness on highway-rail grade crossing issues.
Today, Operation Lifesaver's network of certified volunteer speakers and trained instructors offer free rail safety lessons to school groups, driver education classes, community audiences, professional drivers, law enforcement officers and emergency responders.
The programs are co-sponsored by federal, state and local government agencies, highway safety organizations and America's railroads. The program promotes the "three E's" — education, enforcement and engineering — to keep people safe around the tracks and railway crossings.
— Source: www.oli.org
- Some statistics
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There were 103 trespassing incidents on railroads in California in 2011.
61 trespassing incidents resulted in a fatality. In 2011, fatalities jumped 5.1 percent from 2010.
There were 114 highway crossing incidents in 2011 — an 11 percent decrease from 2010.
A total of 27 fatalities were recorded at highway grade-crossings in 2011.
Overall, 113 non-fatal injuries resulted from train-car grade crossing collisions in 2011.
— Source: www.caol.us
- Rail safety quiz
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1. How long does it take an average freight train to stop?
A. 250 feet
B. 500 feet
C. 1 mile
D. 2 miles
2. Most accidents involving trains occur when the train is traveling ...
A. less than 20 miles per hour
B. less than 30 miles per hour
C. less than 40 miles per hour
D. less than 50 miles per hour
3. The weight difference between your car and a train is:
A. 1,000 to 1
B. 2,000 to 1
C. 3,000 to 1
D. 4,000 to 1
4. A train is approaching. Which statement is true?
A. The train is closer than you think
B. The train is faster than you think
C. The train will stop
D. A and B
5. It is OK to drive around crossing gates, whether or not they are up. True or false?
A. True
B. False
Answers: 1. c; 2. b; 3. d; 4. d; 5. b
— Source: www.oli.org
Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:00 am
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Updated: 6:06 am, Wed Jun 13, 2012.
Union Pacific hopes Operation Lifesaver program will stem rail deaths, accidents
By Katie Nelson/News-Sentinel Staff Writer
Lodinews.com
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The thundering screech of the Union Pacific train whistle ripped through the air as dozens took a trip through Lodi to learn about train safety, train careers and train trivia for the Lodi area.
Community leaders, local law enforcement and local elected officials boarded the train Tuesday at the Lodi Transit Center, as volunteers from California Operation Lifesaver, along with Union Pacific employees, led a tour up and down Lodi tracks to try to boost awareness of the need for rail safety in the city.
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