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We know from experience people who drive Jeep Wranglers tend to believe they can drive anywhere they please. That’s a possible explanation for why one was abandoned on some train tracks in Houston. Perhaps the owner learned the hard way the off-roader does have its limits.
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Because of the rig’s precarious position on an overpass, it had to be removed by crane. Apparently, the city’s Metrorail line there has been confusing for other drivers, who have also ended up trapped on that section of the tracks.
Local news station KHOU 11 spoke with a train passenger who said the poor lighting on that stretch might have made it so the Jeep driver couldn’t tell the overpass wasn’t a road open to cars.
A tow truck driver who works in that part of Houston told a reporter he’d seen at least four other cars stuck on the same overpass. We wonder how many of them were Jeeps or maybe a 4Runner, Land Rover, etc.?
We really think it’s possible a Jeep driver, who in colder climates would park on the piled-up snow after a parking lot has been cleared simply to show off, looked at the raised train tracks and said, “I can make it.”
That, of course, is a joke, sort of. We think the lack of lighting is a good theory even though we don’t know that area. Looking at the overpass, being unfamiliar with the roads and unable to see the tracks, we would assume it’s a road.
But authorities are saying there’s plenty of signage make it clear the overpass is closed to cars. But are those signs illuminated in the darkness of the night?
The person who was driving the Jeep was long gone before anyone found the off-roader, so it’s not like any news crews could get answers from the person. Maybe they would’ve been too embarrassed to do even a short interview anyway.
After all, Jeep owners wouldn’t admit their rig ever got stuck anywhere, especially in a city.
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