Preventable or not: Trucker struck by railroad crossing guard

Oct 18, 2017

Updated Oct 20, 2017

This video is an adaptation of a scenario pulled from the CCJ Preventable or Not manual. It is presented via a partnership between CCJ and Instructional Technologies. Truck driver John Doe stopped ahead of a railroad track crossing. Anticipating a potential rear-end collision, Doe inched forward, but was then struck by the crossing guard at the track. Was this a preventable accident?

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