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Originally Posted by bramleyman
Surely common sense would have prevailed here and the Minibus Driver Stopped, got OUT and Listened for any train approaching, OR do they not have phones at these remote crossings for such things and fog?
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That is why it is so difficult to judge. Maybe he did stop and listen etc, or did he just take a chance and rush across?
But even in the UK, if a bus driver refused to cross a level crossing just because of fog he would be labled a Health and Safety jobsworth. Especially if he was sitting there for a hour and no trains came! In Australia I am sure they would have even less sympathy for a Jobsworth. I am not saying that he should have taken the risk. But this is a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation.
(There is no excuse at all for jumping the barriers on a UK crossing. That is criminal stupidity that should lead to an automatic prison sentence. I have to cross a level crossing twice a day, and I have lost count of the number of times that I have been blasted by the horn of the car behind me because I have stopped for the flashing amber lights
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