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Rail Safety Week: CN encourages working together to save lives
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nRail Safety Week: CN encourages working together to save lives\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRail Safety Week: CN encourages working together to save lives\nCanada NewsWire\nMONTREAL, April 25, 2016\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPublic invited to take the rail safety pledge;CN debuts 360° virtual reality Rail Safety Experience \n\n\n\nMONTREAL, April 25, 2016 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today kicked off its annual railway safety awareness campaign encouraging communities and the public to work together to reduce trespassing on railway property and stressing the importance of safety at level crossings.\n\nOn the first day of Rail Safety Week, CN debuted virtual reality 360° videos that will educate viewers about the potentially devastating consequences of trespassing and disregarding railway safety devices.\n\n\"Trespassing fatalities along railway tracks are entirely preventable, and tragedies at railway level crossings can be avoided by simply obeying crossing signals,\" said Stephen Covey, chief of police and chief security officer at CN. \"Through this initiative, CN is providing new ways of teaching kids, teens and adults to be safe near trains and railroad property and is asking them to spread the word and help save lives.\"\n\nCN Police officers will have custom Google Cardboard viewers to demonstrate the 360° rail safety videos throughout Rail Safety Week, from today through May 1. Visitors to CN's Rail Safety Pledge website can view the videos on a desktop, laptop or mobile device, and visitors with access to any Google Cardboard viewer can experience this immersive virtual reality environment.\n\nCN is the first railway in North America to use this immersive 360° video and virtual reality experience to educate the public on the importance of rail safety. For the first time, starting during Rail Safety Week, CN is inviting the public to take The Safety Pledge online which they can easily share with their Facebook friends and Twitter followers.\n\n\"Rail safety is everyone's responsibility,\" cont...