Phew!! cyclist near miss at level crossing

[mr_cellophane]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-24364332

I have to wait 5 hours to see the footage, but the stills look stupid enough.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Motorists and peds do that as well.AHB's don't prevent this although full barriers generally stop the stupidity.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Oh yes we have!

GC

 

[Tim Hall]

Another example of the casual attitude of Network Rail to public safety leading to a near miss.. They get all steamed up if someone has the audacity to walk across a rural railway line, yet have road crossings with no barrier or just half barriers.

Tosh. (IMHO). They've provided audible and visual warnings. They've put barriers across. The road user (cyclist in this case) has made what looks like a deliberate decision to ignore them. The ball is in the road user's court on this one.

 

[DWiggy]

They wont be doing that again in a hurry!

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Good grief I think I would have found the nearest pub

Good grief,hopefully I wouldn't have done that.

 

[cd365]

I hope they catch her and prosecute her

 

[Nigeyy]

Crazy. All to save what? And then she turns back -so surely it just wasn't that important was it?

 

[DiddlyDodds]

She went to the edge of the track to look if the train was actually in sight most probably with the intent to nip across if there was time.

She probably did it quite often looking at the way she rode up to the rails and stopped.

Well at least as long as she's on a bike trying to kill herself, its one less dizzy women in a car.

 

[Davidsw8]

Nearly a prime candidate for a Darwin Award.

I guess if she'd been hit, her family would be suing the rail company for not properly protecting her against the oncoming trains...

 

[Puddles]

That is very scarey footage made me wince to watch I feel for the driver of the train

 

[Custom24]

Her brakes looked quite good. Just as well.

 

[Maz]

Unbelievable

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-24365367

 

[Cush]

I hope they catch her and prosecute her

So do I this was gross stupidity.

 

[Dayvo]

Having your guardian angel on the ball helps:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2BLKInmEC4