Why aren there reflectors on the sides of rail cars?
• Reflectors on rail cars quickly become ineffective because of dirt picked up by the rail cars when they’re moving. Compliance and maintenance would be impractical because of the variations in sizes and shapes of rail cars combined with the fact that there are numerous owners of this equipment. People also drive into the sides of trains in broad daylight. Actually, about two-thirds of all collisions at crossings in the United States happen in the daylight hours.
