Re: St.Albans rail crossing

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Tony Gatt" <baulko@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
8KRE6.3427$hb.7113@news1.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au">news:8KRE6.3427$hb.7113@news1.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au...
> here we go again.. the sad part about St Albans is that there are Traffic
> Signals on BOTH sides of the level crossing, and the level crossing is
under
> the control of a signalman..
>
> all he needs to do is call the lights, and wait till it clears..
> He controls the lever that controls the crossing, and while the booms
remain
> up, the signals remain at stop, and no-one gets killed on the crossing.

Or people could just do what is clearly required of them by the road laws
and from common sense, and not queue on the crossing. It's *not* hard to
avoid it. We get huge numbers of trains at peak hour here in Glen Huntly,
and people seem to manage.


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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