Letter: Gates aren’t ‘functioning properly’ when someone dies

A dear friend was killed when his vehicle was caught on the tracks of the FrontRunner in Orem.The perfunctory report from UTA stated, “All indications are, at this time, that the warning signs were all functioning properly and the arm at the crossing gate was down and in position.”The problem is that the man is dead. “Functioning properly” failed him, his family and his many friends.It would be more reassuring if, instead of an unspoken but intended pronouncement of &ldqu