More stupidity at level crossings

Submitted: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 17:36
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Just a quick note to the idiot in the landcruiser towing the offroad Millard caravan, between Olary and Cockburn today at 1.30 the red flashing lights mean STOP as there is a train coming, you had less than 100 metres up your sleeve. If you dont care about yourself and your passengers at least have a thought for the poor bloody train driver and the bloke behind you who has to see it all unfold, as they would probably never get over it, that train had 103 carriages and would take at least 2 kms to pull up
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Reply By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 18:35

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 18:35
Last night on TT there was footage from a dash mounted video camera in a truck. The near miss was sickening.
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark G Gulmarrad - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 19:48

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 19:48
Old Girl

nice profile pic.....now i wonder where that is ? :-))))
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 19:19

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 19:19
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Follow Up By: BuggerBoggedAgain - Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 20:17

Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 20:17
Beats me, I've gone through every TT show on 7, so where is this footage?
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Follow Up By: snoopyone - Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 21:11

Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 21:11
Was on ACA as well becaus I saw it and I dont watch TT

I cant find it on there either
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 22:07

Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 22:07
snoopyone, I started to Q what channel I saw it on until you posted. Google isn't my friend. The footage was about a truck driver that lost a family member due to a bad crash. Had enough of the idiots around so he mounted a camera on his dash. A car overtook another in front of him around a R/H bend. The oncoming car ended up sideways in the sticks. They interviewed the lucky ones who never saw the footage until the interview.
I witnessed only this morning a car pulled out in front of me, nothing new im a school bus driver. Then he decided to overtake three cars that were slowing down because a bus was pulling over to pick up kids that were standing waiting and a on coming garbage truck was in the mix too all on a country road. Tonight I was pulling up at road works a car over took a truck just in front of the stop man then two cars tried to over take me. On the way home the road works mob put barriers every where The stop/go man might have a few stories him self.
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Follow Up By: snoopyone - Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 22:17

Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 22:17
Actually two cars overtook him the second one nearly had the head on

Thats it but I think it was on a clip about bad roads

Was definitely on Channel 9
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Reply By: SDG - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 00:26

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 00:26
Was told once by someone who worked high up in the rail industry, that train drivers go through thousands of dollars each year in councilling.
It's not just those running the lights.
There are reports of mirrors being placed on the tracks, down in the riverina a few years back some clown put a life size cut out of a person on the track.
Then you have those that pretend to jump off the platform, not to mention those that do.

I can think of less stressfull jobs.
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:37

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:37
comon suicide method

of course like all suicides it never gets reported - we used to get a train driver in the shop and he had run a few people over he said the look in their eyes while taking their lives with him in the box see with nothing to do but apply brakes was haunting

bloody selfish pricks suiciders no regard for anyone else they are the only ones that dont have to deal with it
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Reply By: P and JM - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:18

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:18
Hi Hayjude,

The crossing you are referring to is the Cutana crossing. It's well marked, in the open and well designed. The Idiot that never stopped will meet their match. I have seen this happen (and to me) many times with some very close calls.

Being an ex train driver for 23 years (and driven trains over that crossing to many times to count), the stories go on and on, and who gets the blame ? the poor train driver all the time. Just ask the relations to those deceased after being cleaned up.

Cheers P&J
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Reply By: Member - Bucky - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:18

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:18
Heyjude

Gotta beat the train, gotta beat the train, gotta beat the train, gotta beat the train..
Takes all sorts.
I recon that nothing is that important, that you have to do it regardless of the consequences.

Best I have seen, is a young fella got impatient, as the train was stopped 3/4 way across the road. Could not wait, so he squeezed thru, as the train driver started moving off.
Then had the cheek to give the train driver the "bird", as he drove off.

Cheers Bucky



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