level crossings

[stoatsngroats]

Would Hatfield have happened under BR?

Yes, quite possibly.
Many accidents occurred during British Rail days. Many were found to be due to failure of equipment/signalling/track defects. Others were due to Driver/signalman malpractice or failure. Still others due to members of the public.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_rail_accidents#1946-1959. for example, shows those which were reportable.

You need to look beneath the surface before deciding if it really works.

We're not talking 'Undergorund' here are we...?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Back on topic.

 

[Arch]

Back on topic.

I'm guessing that crossing had no lights or anything? Personally, I'd have stopped way before the point at which cars were still crossing...

As people say, if it was just the idiot who got affected, it wouldn't matter so much....

Also, of course, everytime someone does something daft, in this country at least, we have to have the whole up-in-arms safety debate and should we build a bridge at every crossing, rather than just saying "well, there you go, don't do it"...

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Also, of course, everytime someone does something daft, in this country at least, we have to have the whole up-in-arms safety debate and should we build a bridge at every crossing, rather than just saying "well, there you go, don't do it"...

Indeed. Thereby building, slowly but surely, an army of morons which will eventually take over the whole country.

 

[stoatsngroats]

Back on topic.

Yep, sorry for the prvious hijack!

 

[Mr Pig]

Thereby building, slowly but surely, an army of morons which will eventually take over the whole country.

What do you mean 'will' :0(

 

[buggi]

This one does it on purpose!!!!


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRKDMKcuCI&NR=1

 

[buggi]

i beginning to think these people deserve to die


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VvY5pF9MKc&NR=1

 

[Mr Pig]

I beginning to think these people deserve to die

Totally agree. If those guys had been splattered I would feel no sympathy for them. My cousin used to do that on the railway near him. They would all stand on the line and the first one to jump out of the way was chicken. Morons, every last one of them.

 

[dodgy]

This one does it on purpose!!!!


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRKDMKcuCI&NR=1

Quite clearly superimposed. Some of the examples further up are fake too, like the drunks staggering across the lines.