Cases of motorists taking dangerous and illegal risks at level crossings in Wales are at a five-year high.
Network Rail said there were 400 incidents at level crossings and nearly 30 near misses, where trains narrowly avoided hitting motorists, in 2008.
The company is calling for changes so that tougher sentences can be handed out to offenders.-http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7879319.stm
it also happens here quite frequently leaving the authorities at a loss of what to do.. :huh:-lanux128 (February 11, 2009, 06:58 AM)
having a large cannon at the front of the train to fire at any of the idiots obstructing the line. give the cannon a decent firing range so the train driver has a good chance of hitting these morons.-nudone (February 11, 2009, 07:11 AM)
it also happens here quite frequently leaving the authorities at a loss of what to do.. :huh:-lanux128 (February 11, 2009, 06:58 AM)
BTW, is people really so late for work to risk their lives in front of a train?-Lashiec (February 13, 2009, 09:15 AM)
maybe they are all on drugsI think you hit the nail on the head.-nudone (February 13, 2009, 10:34 AM)
I didn't really look because normally when you wait for the trains to come past, they wouldn't come for two or three minutes, so I thought I had my chance to get across.
For the looks of it, the railways goes straight, and unless there was a serious curve a bit before the barriers, you can clearly see the train coming if you look at the right.-Lashiec (February 15, 2009, 12:22 PM)
but he obviously didnt look and you dont actually hear the train until it quite close - especially if it's going fast - and if there's a breeze going in the opposite direction you've even less chance of hearing it.
With peripheral vision you see mostly movement and because the train is coming directly towards there's actually very little actual visible movement-tomos (February 15, 2009, 01:37 PM)
I know all this cause I went out in front of a train once :-[ but nothing as bad as that guy, it was maybe 20-30m away as I actually crossed the tracks (an official crossing with no barriers) BUT I didnt notice it until I was actually stepping onto the tracks at which point I can tell you I speeded up a bit!