This is my post for #freewriters 2268 prompt the deadly situation hosted by @mariannewest
Yesterday the prompt fit to write about how they took out our old railroad bridge to build a new one so that they could run the cargo trains and a fast train that carries passengers from Miami to Orlando.
Today the prompt fits to write about this new fast train. It has been called the death train by the Miami New Times.
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/death-train-a-timeline-of-brightline-deaths-in-miami-fort-lauderdale-west-palm-beach-13717396
In the article, it says it is updated but it only goes to December of last year. In January of this year, just a week apart two cars were hit in the town 20 miles north of me, in the first car everyone died, and in the other one, the driver died. Last week another was hit in the town 20 miles south of me but both people were able to get out of their car before the train hit it.
Other than the idiots who designed the tracks going across the roads instead of over them, I blame the people who are driving across the tracks, they are the ones who caused the deadly situation, they keep trying to go around the crossarms when they are down. I know they say some of the walkers were homeless and committed suicide but I wonder how they know this. They have been walking across the regular tracks but now they have widened them so maybe they thought they had time to cross all of the tracks before the train got to them. They are used to crossing the tracks but not with a train going that fast.
I copied this from a Google quick search on what is the deadliest train.
What Is The Deadliest Train In America?
Brightline is known as the deadliest train in the United States, averaging one death for every 37,000 miles traveled.
My husband said it goes by us 50 times a day.
** photo is mine*