WEBVTT WHEN THE TRAIN IS COMING, LARA: AS ALAN SHOPE SOWS US TONIGHT THAT’S SOMETHING THE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CRACKING DOWN ON. REPORTER: IT’S NOT THE KIND OF TRIP DOWN THE TRACKS THAT UNION PACFIC ENGINEER PHIL JANASZ USUALLY MAKES. >> THE ONES COMING NORTH ARE COMING 40 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY DON’T REALLY REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES. REPORTER: TUESDAY THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH UNION PACIFIC TOOK TO THE TRACKS. TO MAKE DRIVERS MORE ALERT AT TRAIN CROSSINGS. >> IT REALLY DOES HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN WHERE PEOPLE AREN’T PAYING ATTENTION ARE VERY DISTRACTED BY THEIR PHONE OR OTHER THINGS IN THE VEHICLE. REPORTER: AND TOO MANY TIMES OF THE PERSON IN THIS SEAT CAN’T DO MUCH ABOUT IT. >> THERE IS NO WAY FOR A TRAIN TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY. REPORTER: ENGINEERS SAY THIS CROSSING IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS IN THE CITY. THEY SAY NEARLY EVERYTHING THE APPROACH IT. CARS TRY TO RUN IT. >> I’LL JUST COME SCREECHING TO A HALT TO WHERE I CAN LOOK OUT HIS WINDOW AND YOU CAN BARELY SEE THE FRONT OF THE CAR THEY’RE THAT CLOSE. REPORTER: POLICE PASSING OUT DOZENS OF TICKETS THIS AFTERNOON SOME DRIVERS LIKE MELISSA SURANZA SAY SHE HAD ALREADY GONE TO FAR TO STOP. >> MY GOAL WAS TO JUST TO NOT TO GET STUCK ON THE TRACKS. REPORTER: ACCORDING TO UNION PACIFIC SOMEONE IS HIT BY A TRAIN EVERY THREE HOURS NATIONALLY. IN KANSAS CITY ALAN SHOPE KMBC 9 NEWS. LARA: POLICE AND UNION PACIFIC TARGET HEAVY VIOLATIONS AREAS ABOUT 2 TO 3 TIMES A YEAR PASSING OUT TI