Welsh farmer and a parked tractor.
 

Why did he only get community service?
Why wasn't he ordered to pay all costs?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-15493970

So happy no one was injured. What a stupid thing to do!
The train driver must have been well shocked. Hope it does not derter him from doing the sterling job of keeping trains safe.
Farmer should have been made to pay for the damage too.
Regards
Phil

What over £160,000? He'd have to sell his farm, probably not worth that much :)

I guess the Judge decided it wasn't a big deal. It was only a train - it didn't derail and nobody was seriously injured. (Not my opinion of the seriousness, but possibly his).

Possibly because he didn't have the money to pay it. If he's daft enough to park his trailer on a running line he may not be awfully good at farming either. :rolleyes:

After watching the video, i still can't believe the farmer left the trailor obstructing the track, i assume he was a local man and knew the line was in use, you could'nt make it up.

I think they should have banned him from driving (oh but his livelihood might suffer!) and make him re-take a driving test with special reference to safety on the tracks (a network rail course) I wonder if he ever took a driving test in the first place? That man is an idiot and very likely to something just as stupid in the future - God help us!

£4000 a week to keep him!!!
And who would feed the horses?
Let him who is innocent cast the first stone.

Aye laddie, hands up anyone who has never made a really stupid mistake.;)

Thing is, most of the time we get away with it.:)

he should be made it pay for is stupidity he could have killed poeple over a few horses hes insured anyway make him pay

call that a mistake the mans a complete idiot a6year old nose better he should be made to pay for damage and shock to passingers too many farmers involved in crossing insidents a horse isnot wearth enbodies life

How nice it must be to be one who has never made a mistake in his life.;)

Eh,

nose-knows
passingers-passengers
insidents-incidents
wearth-worth
enbodies-any bodies

Ah now I see what you are saying

Les

we all make mistakes but thats pure stupidity what that farmer did

sorry im from yorks

I'm sure they teach punctuation in Yorkshire.:D

It sure would make your posts easier to read.;)

Unfortunately for some of us, me included, spelling does not come easy and it has long been the custom on this Forum not to comment on spelling, grammer and punctuation. Please can we continue to observe this tradition!

Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

Well said John H-T. We are lovers of railways. We are not here to slag off fellow enthusiasts because they miss-spell words.

Some people are so stupid!! lucky no one was killed.......

Perhaps the best punishment would be to replace his occupation crossing with a bridge - and make him pay for it. In installments if necessary.
CL

That is no excuse, and statement is an insult to the vast majority of Yorkshire people who are totally literate.
Alan

I think he should have been made to pay at least some of the costs, even if it did mean losing his farm. People like that should be made an example of. Look at the no of rail accidents where people have been killed.

Should be hung up by the doo dah's for that. Blatent disregard for public safety.

He also needs psychiatric evaluation.

I see the Christmas Spirit has evaporated already.Oh well, such a pity.

I think that the BBC's reporting of this incident, in which they say that he "parked" his trailer on the rail line, is responsible for many of these strongly worded comments about the farmer. If you read the BTP press release http://www.btp.presscentre.com/Media...HIRE-1743.aspx you will see that the BBC have conveniently ignored the fact that he had only stopped his vehicle in order to open a gate and had not "parked while he fed his horses" as they stated.
There is no doubt that the farmer had acted dangerously by using the crossing incorrectly and without permission but I think that the BBC's reporting of the incident has been deliberately edited in order to make his actions appear more foolhardy than they really were.

Press sensationalism. I would have thought that the BBC was more professional. Live and learn.