This is going to result in some fatalities with pedestrians, particularly in the event of a stopped train near a crossing blocking the view of a second oncoming train.

Why would anyone build or buy a house within the sounds of the horns? Looks to me like the railroad tracks were there first, and that safety factors would over-ride the noise complaints.

I always liked the train's horn. I grew up in Layton and loved hearing the train every day. But then again, I didn't live right next to the track.

Quiet zones are death zones. "People can still walk on the tracks". Yes, they will. And they won't hear the train approaching, louder and louder, crossing by crossing. "The engineer can still blow the horn if someone is on the tracks". Yes, they can. Last year in Texas, a five-year-old lost his life adjacent to the new quiet zone. The engineer didn't blow the horn at the quiet zone crossing near the apartment complex the boy lived in, but the engineer did blow the horn when he saw the child on the tracks, a few seconds before the train ran over him. The continuous blowing of the whistle over miles of approach saves lives. When rail lines are completely SEALED from pedestrian access then quiet zones should be permitted. Simply putting in FRA-regulation gates/medians is not enough, because, right or wrong, legal or not, people walk on rail rights-of-way, and children play along railroads. I have no sympathy for people who buy a house in the flight path and then complain about the airplanes taking off. Quiet zones should only be built along be for sealed rail lines. Until then, you bought the house, now buy some earplugs.

I don't care what anyone says. This quiet zone is one of the best things that could ever happen in our community! It does mean that we need to take more resposibility. We must educate our youth and others about the risks involved in living and working near these tracks.
This increased attention far outways the benefits of the quit zone.
The proper measures have been taken to compensate for the lack of a 96 decibel horn.

Well, living here in Layton, I heard the horns sounding all day with every train that passed by.

I bought my home in Clinton over 18 years ago. At that time, there were not as many trains. For some people to say I shouldn't have bought my home near the tracks if I don't prefer the loud horn noise is offensive to me. I live half a mile from the tracks and the horn noise is very loud. When will these train conductors stop blowing their horns? Why should we all have to live with noise pollution? Young children should not be unattended around train tracks. Should we all use our car horns constantly so everyone can hear there is a car coming? Give me a break!

I agree with Kellie, it seems like there was getting to be more trains all the time and even living a mile plus from the tracks the noise is a bit much on some nights (they seem to send the freight trains every 10 minutes ). Parents in no way should let there kids get anywhere near those tracks (there is likly going to be a train coming at any given time). Pedestrians if they made it to adulthood should have enough sense not to loiter at the tracks nor cross the tracks when the gates are down. Crossing a freeway on foot is not any smarter but yet we have people who do it and get killed. Education and awarness are key.

I think the addition of the quiet zones is long overdue. We purchased out home in Bountiful two years ago. I can still remember that first night being awakened at 1:00am, 3:00am, and 4:00am. We finally had to by several noisy fans for all of our rooms so our kids wouldn't wake up completely terrified. Our home is almost a mile away. When we purchased our home we had no idea that the horns would travel that far from their source and across the freeway (or be that loud). Some of those train conductors are just cruel with how persistently they blow their horns. It's noise pollution, it's way overdone. I'LL PROBABLY BE A TRAIN FATALITY FOR NOT GETTING ANY SLEEP THESE PAST TWO YEARS. Thank goodness for the extra safety measures and for the leadership that put this in place. That said, lets all continue to be careful at the railroad crossings and teach our children to do the same. The quiet zones allow conductors to blow their horns if their is someone on the tracks, but I hope we act responsibly enough and educate people so that will never need to be done.