Due to UP traffic, Amtrak San Joaquins was redirected onto track 1, which is normally used by the Amtrak long distance trains. This caused confusion, and a cyclist crossed the tracks last second and nearly killed himself!
Quick disclaimer: the reason why it was a close call is because the driver applied the emergency brakes which saved the biker, without the drivers quick thinking the situation would have been much different. Not only that, I misspelt San Joaquin, as wrote Juaquin instead. About the yelling, I was not the one yelling in the video, I will not disclose the foamer/railfan who was yelling for privacy. I also said this was train 713 it was actually 718. Lastly, the driver actually said, "bike and a phone" not "bike and a rope" And thank you for watching too!
I’ll never forget when we had a fatality coming into a station. The train going into emergency, the engineer making the call, the conductor going up front to see the body……that bike rider has no idea
caused confusion my assssss its not like the track lines are 20 feet apart, the biker was running late and behind and tried to hurry, i dont wanna hear no caused confusion bs, I get not wanting to miss your train and what not but damn.. at first i thought the part at the beginning was blaming amtrak haha
There was no save here, the cyclist would not have been hit if no brakes were applied. That said, it was still spectacularly stupid and I'm glad they banned the moron from the train lol
What kind of idiot will just run-in front of a train like that you knew trains are very big and heavy vehicles and it takes them a long time to slow down and come to a complete stop.
Um…yes it was a bad move but train wouldn't have totally hit him. The biker wasn't going at full speed he would have just hurried up if it was a closer call, at worst he would have had to jump ahead. But the train wasn't gonna hit him.
So let me understand this…the guy with the bike heard the warning bells and could clearly see the HUGE train approaching, yet he was stupid enough to cross the track, anyway…and somehow, it's the trains fault? Holy Cow…we've reached a new level of idiocy!
Changing tracks didn’t cause any confusion that lead to a biker nearly getting killed. I know you mean’t no offence but the way it’s written suggests it was the train operators fault.
Regardless of what track it was on, if you step in front of a train whilst it’s moving then you’re at fault.
The biker is a complete idiot. Clearly not paying attention as everyone else was stood in the right place. He could’ve crossed much further down the track and made the train easily.
The train wasn't going to hit him at all, emergency breaks or not. That was only reason the biker crossed in the first place, he used his visual intuition based on how fast the rain was going. From your guys's comments you wouldn't survive a day in a US city managing people that J walk
If I were the biker I would have stayed where I was and asked if they could open a door from the platform I was on. Better than delaying the WHOLE TRAIN.
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Quick disclaimer: the reason why it was a close call is because the driver applied the emergency brakes which saved the biker, without the drivers quick thinking the situation would have been much different. Not only that, I misspelt San Joaquin, as wrote Juaquin instead. About the yelling, I was not the one yelling in the video, I will not disclose the foamer/railfan who was yelling for privacy. I also said this was train 713 it was actually 718. Lastly, the driver actually said, "bike and a phone" not "bike and a rope" And thank you for watching too!
"nearly killed the biker"? The biker nearly killed himself
He got denial of service
In Egypt they’d throw him in the Nile
Was the biker blk? That's dumb, arrogant stuff i see them pull all the time. Especially in front of cars.
What would kill a biker is bikers stupidity, not a train or changes.
They need to actually make dedicated crossing points. Letting people cross freely is dangerous.
The biker would surely have severely damaged the train.
Wow. Cyclists usually aren't known for doing stupid stuff.
Glad somebody somewhere has got powers and uses it like that train driver.
Bicyclist, not biker.
I’ll never forget when we had a fatality coming into a station. The train going into emergency, the engineer making the call, the conductor going up front to see the body……that bike rider has no idea
caused confusion my assssss its not like the track lines are 20 feet apart, the biker was running late and behind and tried to hurry, i dont wanna hear no caused confusion bs, I get not wanting to miss your train and what not but damn.. at first i thought the part at the beginning was blaming amtrak haha
Good thing he has his bike.
That's called naive idiot confidence.
He was too privileged to realize he was about to be killed
The guy was nowhere near being hit and I make similar cuts across traffic with no problems! Everyone in this video was being so melodramatic.
There was no save here, the cyclist would not have been hit if no brakes were applied. That said, it was still spectacularly stupid and I'm glad they banned the moron from the train lol
Transport fevers graphics are looking good.
Bro has balls of steel
Who is the annoying black guy narrating the whole thing?
Poor guy. Now he has to ride his bike all the way home.
Was he on his phone as well?
Its not a near miss, its a near hit.
What kind of idiot will just run-in front of a train like that you knew trains are very big and heavy vehicles and it takes them a long time to slow down and come to a complete stop.
Um…yes it was a bad move but train wouldn't have totally hit him. The biker wasn't going at full speed he would have just hurried up if it was a closer call, at worst he would have had to jump ahead. But the train wasn't gonna hit him.
What are FOAMERS?
Another genius from UC Berkeley, most likely.
So let me understand this…the guy with the bike heard the warning bells and could clearly see the HUGE train approaching, yet he was stupid enough to cross the track, anyway…and somehow, it's the trains fault? Holy Cow…we've reached a new level of idiocy!
And the Darwin Award goes to:
Looks like he was filming as well, probably some stupid tiktok.
That was the closest call I have Never seen !!!!
He should get a fine for doing this shit.
You don't put your hands in fire, you don't put forks in outlets, you most certainly don't do that.
Слабоумный самоликвидатор, он долго не проживёт…
Changing tracks didn’t cause any confusion that lead to a biker nearly getting killed. I know you mean’t no offence but the way it’s written suggests it was the train operators fault.
Regardless of what track it was on, if you step in front of a train whilst it’s moving then you’re at fault.
The biker is a complete idiot. Clearly not paying attention as everyone else was stood in the right place. He could’ve crossed much further down the track and made the train easily.
It wasn't a near MISS. It entirely missed him. It was NEAR HIT, igiots.
It's nice to see rampant human idiocy get called out & responsibility enforced.
Who is the goofy mf yelling shit? His voice soft as hell u know he sweet
The train wasn't going to hit him at all, emergency breaks or not. That was only reason the biker crossed in the first place, he used his visual intuition based on how fast the rain was going. From your guys's comments you wouldn't survive a day in a US city managing people that J walk
Nowhere near as close or / emergency as suggested. Typical American exaggeration.
Bike rider is 100% at fault
If I were the biker I would have stayed where I was and asked if they could open a door from the platform I was on. Better than delaying the WHOLE TRAIN.
Dumbass…
Edit: I’m glad that some old F40s are still in use. Just an iconic Amtrak locomotive.
Oh well this is California, no surprise with the stupidity of the bicycle rider.
He has a bike, he could have crossed much further down if he had used the bike.
not quite "Nearly" killing himself. It sure makes the train crew mad to air up the train again