Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Daily Dose Of Internet" channel.

She's not wrong. I remember drawing something when I was a kid where I realized that nobody is actually white, so I used the closest crayon color I could find. Considering how socially acceptable it is to blame white people for absolutely everything, I can't blame her for being rather insistent.
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It happens far more often than it should and usually by the time the driver sees anything on the track, it's going to be run over. At least these folks were smart enough to get out of the car. I'm not sure how long this was after the car broke down, but a call to 911 should result in the relevant railroad employees notifying any trains on that section of tracks to slow down or stop as appropriate. Even if nobody is harmed, there can still be some damage to the train, although probably not much.
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@crowstray That was what I was wondering about. Wouldn't the standard thing to do here be something along the lines of getting clear of the primary chute before activating the secondary? Which doesn't allow much time. Unless the primary really didn't open and that was a screwed up secondary chute.
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@maximyles Yes, the issue there is that you can't count on knowing when the next train is coming. Best thing is to call the relevant number at the crossing and notify whomever it is that's managing the train traffic that there's a breakdown on the tracks so that they can warn any trains coming down the line to slow enough to stop if necessary. Presumably, they'd also be able to arrange for a tow truck to move the vehicle off the tracks just to clear up the line again.
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@My_RI9 That can happen, but usually, you'd be still in motion until you hit the brakes. It would be extremely rare for that to happen in such a way that you couldn't either get on the brakes to stop beforehand, or let off the brakes to coast through the crossing. It probably has happened just due to the number of vehicles that cross these every day, but it's rare.
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@poloniumpigeon I'm sure that it slips out of your hand more easily, but it also leads to nitrogen burns more easily as well.
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@vloggetts Trains have incredibly poor brakes for how much weight they have. By the time the engineer can see something in the tracks, it's probably too late to stop. My guess is that either they didn't alert the authorities about being broken down on the tracks, or the call didn't get to the engineer until it was past the point of no return. One of the sacrifices that trains make for efficiency, is poor braking ability.
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@KönigVII I'm not sure that scrambling is necessary, but you definitely have to release them from the shell. I don't recall trying it, but I've got a tool for poaching eggs in the microwave.
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This is Hawaii, not Kansas, I'm pretty sure that the insurance companies already know how to deal with that and factor it into the cost of selling insurance.
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@bsherder Because you don't know when the next train is coming, and trains can be a lot faster than they appear.
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That's what I'm wondering about. This footage was clearly sped up, but at some point, the lava was presumably far enough away to be able to move the car, but close enough to see where this was going.
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@crimsonlight4205 TBH, I assume that the car wasn't running because this isn't a pyroclastic flow, it appears that the lava is moving relatively slowly and that somebody should have been able to get the car while the lava was far enough away. OTOH, we don't know what the condition of the rest of the road is, it might be that nobody could drive from where the car is to safety.
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@ernestogastelum9123 They could, but it would be difficult to get a jury to grant damages over that when the damage is less than the entire car being melted by the lava. I'd wager that either the car doesn't run, the car was stolen or perhaps out of the frame, the roads weren't passable.
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@giantdad1661 And that works out fine, as long as you don't spill any of it on you while recklessly pouring it about..
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@‌ㅤ ‌‌ ׂ⁠𓅓 There's nothing professional about this. Evaporating liquid nitrogen can and does cause all manner of issues if you're not careful.
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@SaraphDarklaw Gotcha, that is a rather fine distinction, but one that could be the difference between splatting and not splatting.
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Possibly, but there's no point in being terrified as the driver of the train, you're going to hit the vehicle, there is no swerving or stopping for it.
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@wert2789 Yes, but by the time he saw the vehicle, he also knew that hew as going to hit it. He probably also saw the people on the side of the road as well. But, he may not have had full grasp of what was happening in the limited time that was available to process it.
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@xinlou6707 Doubtful, unless the message was received right before the collision. I'd warrant that they would stop if they could, just to avoid the section of track being shut down for an accident investigation. And a larger vehicle on the track can even derail a train.
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