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Level Crossing Near Misses
- Thread starter Dickyboy
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champion7
fast and furious
what a f***ing moron
The Spanish
Well-known member
why is there this current obsession with level crossings? Radio adverts and everything now. I dont believe for a minute that 8 billion people get stuck on level crossings every day like they are making out, and Britain is one great big constant 24 hour Buster Keaton sketch. These figures are bollocks.
Someone powerful at Network Rail has obviously had a bad dream one night and become obsessed.
I remember as a kid there was a Bernard Cribbins (?) Anti Getting Stuck on Level Crossings Campaign which I thought was an unlikely scenario even then, sitting on the rug waiting for Playaway to start.
Someone powerful at Network Rail has obviously had a bad dream one night and become obsessed.
I remember as a kid there was a Bernard Cribbins (?) Anti Getting Stuck on Level Crossings Campaign which I thought was an unlikely scenario even then, sitting on the rug waiting for Playaway to start.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
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If it saves one life it's worth it.
The Spanish
Well-known member
What if they are Feargals?
SpidersLegs
Member
You talk absolute bollocks mate. I work on the railway in the department that maintains level crossings. The amount of time we attend incidents at crossings where drivers have had near misses with trains or knocked the barriers off completly is ridiculous. Beddingham was the worst before it got taken out.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
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That place was a bloody nightmare, I used to hate going down there to work the barriers on local control. I remember being there one night when some idiot in a 4x4 decided to take a left turn at the crossing straight up the railway line, Another foot and he'd have hit the live rail.
Well said that man. Made the transfer to BTP about 5 years ago and as someone who has to clear up the aftermath if these people don't make it over the crossing he has no idea of what its like or how common it is for people to chance their luck and fail. Maybe he should take the body bag and pick up the bits and go round and tell the family afterwards.......!
Disagree. If people are stupid enough to jump level crossings or run across when a train's coming then frankly we're better off without them. We shouldn't waste public money on morons like this.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
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When you've dealt with a death at a level crossing then come back and say that again.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,885
I couldn't watch it to honest.
Do you remember the very very bad storm a few years ago the really bad one.
Not only having to avoid the trees falling down whilst driving home, there was a malfunction on a level crossing in between Burwash and Stonegate. Basically the trains were running through but the barriers were fixed in an upfront position with the red lights constantly flashing.
( Is is technically possibly these days for trains to run through in such situations....)
Anyway, the level crossing there is nasty, because coming down onto it, the track left and right is completely invisible since the track cuts through the bottom of a hill.
I had to get out of my car, walk towards the track, look both ways to check a train wasn't coming and then run back to the car and get over the thing like the Dukes of Hazzard.
I've had nightmares about it ever since.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,974
Like myself you've been there and done it so you understand it.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,974
If the barriers have failed in the up position as long as the red flashing lights are working I can send a train over the crossing, one thing road user's dont understand is you do not cross against the red flashing lights under any circumstances, Even the police no longer have the authority to let road traffic go against the red flashing lights.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,885
I understand very fully now - Cheers.
Dover
Home at Last.
For anyone that feels level crossings are an inconvenience, can they please be directed to the Top Gear film. Although staged it showed the sheer power of an engine slamming into a car.
Clarkson made light of the film, but I felt this only emphasised the banality of all road users when jumping level crossings.
Having read the rubbish above, here's the link.
top gear level crossing - Google Search
Clarkson made light of the film, but I felt this only emphasised the banality of all road users when jumping level crossings.
Having read the rubbish above, here's the link.
top gear level crossing - Google Search
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Lord Bracknell
On fire
Living next to a level crossing, I have seen dozens of occasions when the crossing gates fail in the DOWN position and motorists seem to imagine it's perfectly safe to ignore the flashing red lights and zig zag through the gates.
But hey! they are motorists and are entitled to get to their destination as quickly as they want. At least I think that's what it says in their version of the Highway Code.