Phew!! cyclist near miss at level crossing

[Rupie]

I was talking to someone about it and they tried to say that the crossing was of poor design, and it is the responsability of the railways to make them full proof. I called him an idiot, you dont have gates at all traffic red lights to stop people jumping them, but them I thought yes cyclists jump those too, and knowone reacts like they have here about the train !!!

 

[Bay Runner]

Train Spotter maybe ????

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Nothing stranger than folk
People are unpredictable and it never ceases to amaze me just how thing you never expect to happen just do
I suppose she 'learned by doing' as they say......

 

[Mattonsea]

Blimey Charlie, Most unmanned crossings have an audible signal. ?????????

 

[Maz]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24367596

What's the red box sitting on the engine?

 

[gavgav]

She should be prosecuted like any car drivers are for doing this. Utterly idiotic and very lucky to still have a life

 

[gavgav]

I wasn't clear... what I meant was that I would have been less entertained (sickened, even) had the ending been otherwise.

It was the knowledge that it all ended happily (although perhaps not for the train driver) that made it entertaining.

Entertaining?!!!!! Try telling that to one of my friends, who is a newly qualified train driver and is petrified of his first fatality.

 

[glenn forger]

What's the red box sitting on the engine?

Some sort of charger I think. That penis was on a dual carriage way.

 

[Hip Priest]

Entertaining?!!!!! Try telling that to one of my friends, who is a newly qualified train driver and is petrified of his first fatality.

Yeah, he'd soon change his choo-choon.

 

[Archie_tect]

Friend has just returned to driving trains after the 3rd suicide in front of his cab ... he had to have leave and was instructed to get proper counselling to cope [which they organised on his behalf]- thought he didn't need it but it really helped him come to terms with why people do it..

 

[ComedyPilot]

I cross rural rail crossings regularly on my rides.

Regardless of there being no barrier down/ flashing signal or audible warning I ALWAYS slow to a crawl and look BOTH ways BEFORE crossing.

It goes without saying, if the barrier's down, lights flashing etc, I just ease off and wait to cross. Then I adopt the above approach - CAUTION at ALL times.

Trouble is some people are so thick that simple common sense eludes them.

I pity train drivers in cases like this.

 

[Cycling Dan]

Dumb, Death and blind. All the qualities you need to be a shoot cyclist.

 

[ColinJ]

Blimey Charlie, Most unmanned crossings have an audible signal. ?????????

Deaf or listening to an MP3 player?

It still doesn't explain how she didn't notice the flashing lights, and/or barrier though.

 

[Alien8]

I go over that crossing every day and strangely have never felt the need to go around the barrier when it's down.

It looks like there is train stopped at the far platform so maybe she thought that was why the barrier was down.

 

[Spinney]

I go over that crossing every day and strangely have never felt the need to go around the barrier when it's down.

It looks like there is train stopped at the far platform so maybe she thought that was why the barrier was down.

I think you're giving her too much credit.