Page 2 | To think level crossings need to be banned

RobBeckettsGiantTeeth · 05/05/2024 15:25

LeopardsRockingham · 05/05/2024 15:23

Only people don't watch TV anymore...just apps and streaming. I'd say we'd need to bring back the ad's from the 80s about not playing in dumps, not going near railway lines, staying away from powerlines.

It seems adults need it as well as kids (mainly as children aren't allowed out of sight until they are about 15 according to some on here)

Remember don't play in the fridge on an abandoned waste ground.

That's very true, and those of us who grew up watching this stuff are now in some cases two generations removed from the kids that need to have this stuff drummed into them. There are parents who are too young to remember what became of the kid that went into the power station to get his frisbee or Tufty's mate when he got taken out by an ice cream van.

LakeTiticaca · 05/05/2024 15:25

If the lights are flashing....stop. even if the barriers are not down yet.
How hard is it to stop when the lights are flashing?
Play stupid games and win stupid prizes, IMHO

OutOfTheHouse · 05/05/2024 15:23

I remember watching a film at school about train track safety. Put the fear of god into me.

Where I lived was rural. We didn’t have any level crossings but a large number of unmanned stations. Some of them were even request stops!

LeopardsRockingham · 05/05/2024 15:23

Only people don't watch TV anymore...just apps and streaming. I'd say we'd need to bring back the ad's from the 80s about not playing in dumps, not going near railway lines, staying away from powerlines.

It seems adults need it as well as kids (mainly as children aren't allowed out of sight until they are about 15 according to some on here)

Remember don't play in the fridge on an abandoned waste ground.

RobBeckettsGiantTeeth · 05/05/2024 15:22

welshycake · 05/05/2024 15:14

What? The risk is the trains.

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Not really. Technically the risk is the pedestrians or cars that get in the way of trains.

On the whole, trains tend to behave themselves quite well as long as things that shouldn't be in their direct path aren't.

Topofthemountain · 05/05/2024 15:21

BuddingPeonies · 05/05/2024 13:49

Just adding to the " it's sometimes the barriers fault".
My life would be infinitely better is the barriers would reliably reopen in windy conditions.
But id rather they failed "safe" than didn't close at all like the article linked to above.

The incident I linked to the barriers were replaced with the roll across ones as they were always failing in the wind.

C8H10N4O2 · 05/05/2024 15:20

RobBeckettsGiantTeeth · 05/05/2024 15:09

Is any of that to do with privatisation? When I was at school in the 70s and 80s it was still British Rail.

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It was under British Rail when I was at school and we certainly never had visits around train safety or anything else train related.

The odd assembly on road safety or cycling proficiency but nothing to do with trains. I don't think it realistic to expect schools to pick up the slack for every inadequate parent - there are not the hours in the curriculum. The odd assembly, reinforcing safety messages through other community groups such as scouts, girls brigades etc is all fine but the basic expectation should be on parents to be parents.

welshycake · 05/05/2024 15:19

GoodHeavens99 · 05/05/2024 15:15

They are monitored by CCTV.

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Yeah so they can watch when someone gets slammed into by a train..

maggiecate · 05/05/2024 15:18

Network Rail would love to get rid of them and have closed or built alternative crossings in many places, but sometimes it just it just isn’t feasible https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/living-by-the-railway/level-crossing-closures/

cryinglaughing · 05/05/2024 15:18

Has there been a surge in accidents at level crossings?
Statistically, are they that dangerous?

Echobelly · 05/05/2024 15:17

No, I just think people need to use their sense and look like they would crossing or driving on a road

notprincehamlet · 05/05/2024 15:16

Some people are pricks. They should be the ones who are banned!
This! Far too many motorists think they're wearing a tin onesie rather than controlling a dangerous lump of metal and glass.

GoodHeavens99 · 05/05/2024 15:15

Friendofmine8 · 05/05/2024 12:15

Or at least all monitored by CCtv at all times? I just feel they cause awful risk to both people on food and in cars.

They are monitored by CCTV.

welshycake · 05/05/2024 15:15

SoupDragon · 05/05/2024 15:11

I'm certain I've seen recent advertising about not fucking about on train tracks/with level crossings.

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I'm on board with that as a slogan

welshycake · 05/05/2024 15:14

RobBeckettsGiantTeeth · 05/05/2024 15:09

Is any of that to do with privatisation? When I was at school in the 70s and 80s it was still British Rail.

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Ah maybe

welshycake · 05/05/2024 15:14

Peonies12 · 05/05/2024 15:06

Maybe let’s ban the source of the risk - cars and drivers

What? The risk is the trains.

SoupDragon · 05/05/2024 15:11

welshycake · 05/05/2024 15:01

Exactly. And now they can't be bothered.

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I'm certain I've seen recent advertising about not fucking about on train tracks/with level crossings.

RobBeckettsGiantTeeth · 05/05/2024 15:09

welshycake · 05/05/2024 15:01

Exactly. And now they can't be bothered.

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Is any of that to do with privatisation? When I was at school in the 70s and 80s it was still British Rail.

BuddingPeonies · 05/05/2024 15:09

But schools do still teach about railway safety.
Maybe it's on an area by area basis, but a vast number of kids at the local school will cross a railway line to get there (one level crossing, and 2 bridges nearby) and there is definitely an assembly once a year on railway safety.

RobBeckettsGiantTeeth · 05/05/2024 15:07

Iwasafool · 05/05/2024 15:05

The trouble is they often do take someone else with them, not to mention the trauma of the poor train driver who is watching this in close up but unable to stop the train in time. Probably not pleasant for the police officers or paramedics either.

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Yes, that's very true, of course. I feel so dreadfully sorry for the drivers who have to deal with this - if they survive the incident. Some of them don't.

I've now gone down a rabbit hole of reading about these cases and was just reading about one incident where someone deliberately parked their car on a line in order to commit suicide. All well and good, but he also took out six people on the train, including the driver.

Peonies12 · 05/05/2024 15:06

Maybe let’s ban the source of the risk - cars and drivers

RobBeckettsGiantTeeth · 05/05/2024 15:06

welshycake · 05/05/2024 14:09

Yes. Of course. But I think its so important that schools need to be covering it too. For those who have shit parents

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Yes, sadly I think that has a lot to do with it. There are, unfortunately, many parents focusing on teaching children only about their rights and nothing about their responsibilities.

Iwasafool · 05/05/2024 15:05

RobBeckettsGiantTeeth · 05/05/2024 12:44

I dunno, I think if people are so stupid they need the government to tell them not to cross in front of a train that they're never going to win an argument with, then taking themselves out of the gene pool probably isn't a bad idea. As long as they don't take anyone else with them.

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The trouble is they often do take someone else with them, not to mention the trauma of the poor train driver who is watching this in close up but unable to stop the train in time. Probably not pleasant for the police officers or paramedics either.

Boomer55 · 05/05/2024 15:02

They are there for a reason. Just abide by the signals. It’s not complicated.🙄

welshycake · 05/05/2024 15:01

Elebag · 05/05/2024 14:57

Schools did teach about them in the 80's. The train companies came into school to put the fear of God into us. We didn't even have a level crossing in our town.

Exactly. And now they can't be bothered.