Why do cars stall/stop on railroad tracks and fail to start back up again?
2007-02-11 13:29:01 · 4 answers · asked by Lucia Sugarbair 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Cars that tend to stall do so when they are stopped and idled or when pulling away in low gear rather than when cruising along at high speed. The signs at many railroad crossings read Stop, Look and Listen. Of the thousands of cars that Stop, Look and Listen a handful do stall, especially in a movie where they take the trouble to set up a camera nearby. I was a passenger in a van that stopped then stalled on tracks with a train coming. Luckily I am here to say that the driver got it started again (just in time!).
2007-02-11 13:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cars stall all the time, it just makes the news when it happens on railroad tracks.
2007-02-11 21:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with all of the above answers, the users that have answered this already are correct. Bottom line is just to not stop on railroad tracks.
I don't believe in that thing people say about ghosts making your car stall so you will get hit.
2007-02-11 22:07:51 · answer #3 · answered by CatwalkQueen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The closer a train the more elctromagnetic the rails get. That can f-up all the electronic gizmos in your cars brain. Bottom line is never stop on RR tracks.
2007-02-11 21:34:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋