Stupid Truck driver vs. Train

[Michel Van]

some people learn the hard Way
like this truck driver how drove over gate while...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE1nr_9Wr94

 

[TomS]

No gates to drive over that I can see.

Which is fairly mind-boggling. Who thought an at-grade crossing with just flashing lights but no gates was OK?

 

[Hobbes]

In Europe, signal-only railroad crossings without barriers have been common for decades, esp. on quiet back roads. Even in the safety-paranoid and busy Netherlands, they're only being phased out gradually now.

 

[Bill Walker]

Very common in rural Canada as well. Just not enough people to pay for the thousands of little crossings.

 

[Graham1973]

Very common in rural Canada as well. Just not enough people to pay for the thousands of little crossings.

And not enough people pay attention when they do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnX61sJuWdU

 

[Rickshaw]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue61c6MZNQw&index=1&list=PLhcF6AYa_OzbDMEYDk5G9L4BTRvtie-RP

 

[Archibald]

Oh le con !

In Bordeaux the tramway crossings with roads are heavily signaled by flashing lights. Still there have been numerous collisions with cars stuck onto the rails, with obvious results.
http://www.sudouest.fr/2015/09/13/accident-de-tram-a-pessac-les-sacs-ont-vole-on-s-est-agrippes-aux-sieges-2122708-2780.php

I drove once in the aftermath of one collision between the tramway and a Mercedes. The Mercedes ended banana-shaped - the tramway had kind of "crossed the T" on the car.