Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Ever notice how in movies, whenever a train runs into something, the 
> train never stops?

  Deducing from the rest of your post, don't you mean "whenever the train
is going to run into something on the tracks, no attempt is made to stop
it before the collision"?

> People need to get rid of evidence, so they park on the tracks. Or they 
> barely escape the car stalled on the tracks. Or they land the stolen 
> military helicopter in front of the freight train to keep it from 
> falling into the wrong hands.

> And the train driver never stops. Nobody gets in trouble for potentially 
> derailing the train. Nobody even seems to feel bad that they've just 
> risked the life of the train passengers to get rid of something.

  I don't actually remember concrete examples I have seen in movies,
but I do have memories of train conductors honking and the brakes being
applied, often making the wheels send dramatic sparks...

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                                                          - Warp

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