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Title: What you hope not to see - Polish train driver's warning helps save passengers Post by: basset44 on May 13, 2016, 07:57:57 Hi All,
Has we sit most days, engrossed in our paper , phones , you wouldn't want to see this happen http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36279898 Lucky no one hurt. Basset Title: Re: What you hope not to see - Polish train driver's warning helps save passengers Post by: Bmblbzzz on May 13, 2016, 08:51:03 Oh dear. Well done that driver.
It's not clear why the lorry is on the tracks but it seems to be "trapped" between the two barriers. There's no other traffic and it's clearly not a busy road so I presume either it's broken down, there was a crossing malfunction which caused the barriers to suddenly descend without warning or most likely the lorry driver ignored the signals and tried to get across the track as the barriers were coming down. I'm afraid that would not be an uncommon example of Polish driving (though more typical of cars and buses than lorries). :( Title: Re: What you hope not to see - Polish train driver's warning helps save passengers Post by: Puffing Billy on May 13, 2016, 20:06:14 According to a report on the website of "Radio Eska", the owner of the lorry claims that his driver has been stitched up, and the train driver had plenty of time to sound the horn and to brake. He also claims that the level crossing was faulty (he does not expand on this). As to the "heroism" of the driver in making his dash down the train, he likens this to a car driver diving into the back seat instead of staying up front with his foot on the brake. Something tells me that the courts will be slightly under-impressed!
Title: Re: What you hope not to see - Polish train driver's warning helps save passengers Post by: JayMac on May 13, 2016, 23:44:51 The only thing the lorry owner hasn't asked is why didn't the train swerve out the way! ::)
Title: Re: What you hope not to see - Polish train driver's warning helps save passengers Post by: Bmblbzzz on May 18, 2016, 13:49:10 I can well believe that the level crossing was faulty but the rest of it...
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