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Title: Pedestrian vs. 1000 tonne Class 66 Post by: thetrout on January 22, 2013, 18:33:48 From the Daily
Quote Terrifying moment pedestrian narrowly avoids being hit by 40mph train after leaping over level crossing barrier Title: Re: Pedestrian vs. 1000 tonne Class 66 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 22, 2013, 22:22:06 Hmm. ::)
The Daily Mail themselves can't seem to decide what the idiot actually did: Quote Terrifying moment pedestrian narrowly avoids being hit by 40mph train after leaping over level crossing barrier Quote Shocking footage shows the man casually climbing over a closed barrier Quote Shocking CCTV footage shows the reckless man risking his life by casually climbing over a closed barrier before strolling across two sets of tracks. As he reaches the other side he is seen swinging one leg over the barrier just one second before the huge train hurtles past at around 40mph. There is a far less hysterical video news report (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-21129526) on the BBC website. ::) Title: Re: Pedestrian vs. 1000 tonne Class 66 Post by: ellendune on January 22, 2013, 22:29:35 Since a commercial organisation is obviously better than a slow old public sector one, the BBC should clearly be more commercial then then it too would be hysterical.
Title: Re: Pedestrian vs. 1000 tonne Class 66 Post by: stebbo on January 23, 2013, 15:46:44 Referring to the other thread on the recent fatality at Yarnton Sandy Lane crossing, just goes to show that it's very difficult to stop complete lunatics misbehaving or taking stupid chances at level crossings
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