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Old 27th June 2010, 13:35
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watch this video, i found it on you tube

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Old 30th June 2010, 12:41
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there will always be people who don't think. bring back full gates.
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"Mmmm" - - -"You Tube" and Clarkson - - -- "Mmm".
A good message, obviously about level crossings, and once the red light shows you should stop....end of story.

Not all elderly people on the road are bad drivers though.
Not only am I a retired railwayman, but I have had my driving licence 50 years this year, perfectly clean and never had or been involved in an accident.
I am an Advanced driver, a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorised, I am a member of the Guild of Experienced motorists AND I hold a Class "D" on my licence and have driven buses as a part time job after retiring from the railway.


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Old 1st July 2010, 13:27
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Absolutely mate,I cannot understand the need for anyone to chance the crossing at any railway crossing, I really cant.

I have always been in favour of manned level crossings, I know even they can have problems, but at least it would cut the chances of anything nasty happening by at least 90%.

The state of driving on our roads today, where it can be aggressive, fast and everyone wants to "get there yesterday", there are drivers who are not going to wait if they can dodge around the barriers are they ?

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one thing i think BR could do is when the red light starts a stinger pops up which is on a motor to put it up and down then just a second before the barriers go up the stinger goes down

what do you think about that
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I have seen this before, yet if Jeremy Clarkson feels a High-Vis Jacket will save you, then he needs to research a Bit more.

In these cases, it is Always the driver of the train that I have sympathy for.
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Those bus bollards are good at stopping traffic that shouldnt be going through but there are rather a lot of crossings to considering using them. It doesnt matter what you use, if you give some people any chance then they will take it. The stopping time at some gates is woefully long!
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one thing i think BR could do is when the red light starts a stinger pops up which is on a motor to put it up and down then just a second before the barriers go up the stinger goes down

what do you think about that
That might hurt a pedestrian standing by. Even better would be a grand piano suspended above each crossing.... you know what happens next. At least it'll be funny that way.

I hope I'm never in a position to see something like that.

PS: It has happened with steam.

http://www.gov.im/lib/images/tourism...traincrash.jpg
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I agree with the idea of bus bollards, but puzzled as to why a Pedestrian would be standing on one in the road, more so If a warning-sign was erected, in order to state they will rise at the same time as the barriers descend and ALL across the road where AHB's are installed?
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