GPS confusing drivers at LIRR crossings
To help solve the growing problem of motorists driving onto tracks at crossings after misunderstanding GPS directions and being hit by trains, the railroad is extending painted roadway striping across the tracks at Willis Avenue in Mineola and 295 other grade crossings adjacent to parallel roads, the LIRR said on Thursday, May 10, 2018. Credit: Newsday / Alfonso A. Castillo