Re: Beating the Odds (was: 5 Dead in XPT accident)

[jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>]

THe problem is people mis judge how fast the train is going, and the fact very
litle speed can be washed off even if the drive does see them,  compared to a
road vehicle, and  pplalso seem to froget  trains cant swerve!  something ur
tought in preschool id thought

Daniel Bowen wrote:

> There's been similar blitzes for pedestrians at Glenhuntly. One night last
> week I noticed cars weaving between the booms; not sure what was going on, I
> wasn't close enough to see if they were being directed.
>
> From memory the incident with the police car listed below was at Ormond. It
> was the pm peak - it waited for a stopping train, then got hit by an
> express. I have sympathy because I know the cops were going to an emergency,
> but really the driver should have known better.
>
> At another station with a similar layout - it might have been Bentleigh - a
> few years ago, some guy with loud music playing from his headphones skipped
> through the emergency gates without looking and got cleaned up by a train.
>
> Daniel
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> http://www.danielbowen.com/
>
> "Paul Nicholson" <pn1@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Heatherdale station (Melbourne suburban network) is a location where
> > sometimes four or five trains can pass through without the booms raising.
> > I've seen it all in more than 20 years of commuting from Heatherdale.
> Mostly
> > pedestrians running across rather than wait for the second train to pass
> but
> > occasionally a car will do the Z shape weave between the booms.
> Fortunately,
> > I don't think there have been any fatalities. There was a "blitz" one
> night
> > many years ago and many people were booked. It should be repeated before
> > someone gets killed.
> > Paul in Melbourne (local resident).
>
> > <james_shugg@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > > In Melbourne a few years back a police car with siren/lights operating
> > > (responding to an emergency) ducked around the booms as soon as the
> > > train had passed, only to be collected by another train coming the
> > > other way. The driver of a Peugeot waiting on the other side saw it all
> > > happening: he said the policeman floored his Commodore at the last
> > > minute but was not quick enough. The poor guy was killed.