In the town of Hazlet, NJ the North Jersey Coast line has a station . 3/4 mile
past the station is a grade crossing. This crossing is activated while the train
is coming into the station. Train sits in the station for 3-4 minutes to
load/unload. Grade crossing has gates down for 3-4 minutes with no train in
sight. Cars start to go around gates thinking gates are malfunctioning (local kids used to take jumper cables and short the track circuit to activate gates) Train comes and just misses car.
This seems like a situation that could be corrected by NJ Transit easily,
however when I contacted them, they looked at me like I had three heads.
Am I nuts, or is there a simple way for them to correct this VERY dangerous
situation. (It happens at least daily).
Oh, BTW the station is barely visible from the crossing (Bethany Rd.)