This is a photo of a car after it met with a train near Detroit a year ago. Five young people were killed and wreckage was strewn for a mile along the track.
A firefighter I know was telling me recently that it amazes him that people will not yield to the fire engine. He says the truck weighs 55,000 pounds loaded and it’s not like he can stop it on a dime. Any collision is likely to be cataclysmic for a car.