Rail Crash Argentina.
Rail Crash Argentina.
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Have they any idea why the bus driver crossed the line? Even if the booms are up, I always look before crossing a railway line.
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Could that be because of the law in South Africa, where all vehicles stop at level crossings 27vet? I know that I tend to slow right down at level crossings even if there is a gate. Old habits die hard.
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That's right Syd. I was knocked off my motorcycle once when pulling off at a green traffic light. The guy came through the cross road against the red. Lucky I wasn't hurt but my bike was damaged. Since then I always look even when lights are green and that extends to railway crossings. Most active railway crossings in South Africa have a boom or compulsory stop.
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Don't think that it cannot happen here.
This clip shows that it could even with full barriers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-20164781 |
Cripes, what a situation. The bus passengers must have been terrified. I presume someone rang the emergency number and got the signals put to danger, so the barriers could be lifted again.
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Looks to me as though the tractor driver jumped the red lights as well, no mention of that driver going to court though.
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But had just dropped the last passengers off a few minutes before. The trapped bus was spotted by the signaller on the CCTV before he put the signals to green. |
Another case of a vehicle driver disregarding the boom gates down under resulting in 1 dead and quite a few injured.
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