How's this for a near miss
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How's this for a near miss
Graeme
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Re: How's this for a near miss
Yeah! saw that this morning, unbelievable.
After the loco passed the speed sign, I thought this must just be an explanation of what happened, but the truck was still to come.
Grant.
After the loco passed the speed sign, I thought this must just be an explanation of what happened, but the truck was still to come.
Grant.
Re: How's this for a near miss
Presumably, the truck driver ran through the lights. Or was the crossing faulty?
Are Australian crossings generally ungated?
Rik
Are Australian crossings generally ungated?
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Re: How's this for a near miss
Rural crossings are usually ungated. Some really out-of-the-way places still don't have lights either.
It's always the same story at level crossings. Impatience.
This one's the closest non-hit I've seen. Hard to top that.
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Re: How's this for a near miss
At 11 seconds you can just see the lights, I think they were working, he just took his chances
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Re: How's this for a near miss
This looks similar to a lot of our level crossings. Most of ours have gates around here but the more rural ones don't, and people too often treat the flashing lights like a yellow traffic light: speed up and try to zoom through before the red! (Only in this case, the red is painted on the front of a Canadian National ES44.)
I can't imagine the trauma the train drivers go through every time this happens too.
I can't imagine the trauma the train drivers go through every time this happens too.
Re: How's this for a near miss
The consequences for the driver's of trains that strike vehicles/people can be life changing, even if the driver survives without injury. And clearing up the remains is very traumatic.
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Re: How's this for a near miss
I have a friend who as a train driver had a person jump in front of his train to commit suicide; it took him years to come to grips with it.
Biggest issue was him blaming himself for not stopping quickly enough which is quite common.
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Re: How's this for a near miss
Near Braunschweig we had an even more stupid lorry driver.
He wanted to deliver things to a mill near BRaunschweig but the road gates were still closed as he was quite early.
He then saw that the railway gates were open and he thought he would just drive his lorry on the railway tracks to the inside of the gates.
Of course he got stuck and the lorry was destroyed by a train.
No one was injured.
He wanted to deliver things to a mill near BRaunschweig but the road gates were still closed as he was quite early.
He then saw that the railway gates were open and he thought he would just drive his lorry on the railway tracks to the inside of the gates.
Of course he got stuck and the lorry was destroyed by a train.
No one was injured.
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Re: How's this for a near miss
We have a friend who works on the London Underground. They go through sessions on how to deal with jumpers as part of their training. After having a jumper they have counselling and a forced break until deemed fit to go back. Apparently it's very common and you are far more likely to have a jumper rather than never have one.GAP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:21 pmI have a friend who as a train driver had a person jump in front of his train to commit suicide; it took him years to come to grips with it.
Biggest issue was him blaming himself for not stopping quickly enough which is quite common.
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