Re: [NSW] Five (in a car) thought dead after train crash

["Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>]

"Graeme" <grimegrime@hotmailremove.com> wrote in message
MPG.14e0c747721abd33989681@news.iprimus.com.au">news:MPG.14e0c747721abd33989681@news.iprimus.com.au...
> In article <3a75ffb8$0$16378$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>,
> alpout@optusnet.com.au says...
> >
> > Patrick <patrick@trafficgiant.net> wrote in message
> > 950hp9$7k5$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:950hp9$7k5$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > > Also on ABC: "Rail accident sparks call for safety review"
> > >
> > > "The call from the Highway Safety Action Group follows yesterday's
> > > collision between an XPT train and a car near Albury, in which five
> > > people were killed."
> > >
> > > "'I think that if the non-operational lines around the country were
> Amazing what the average non rail fan can sum up about a railway line in
> the average period of 17 seconds from when that train hits the approach
> to when it arrives at the crossing proper.
> Not having boom gates on a line that has 160kmh traffic is utter
> stupidity.Its unsafe for the passengers of the train and certainly
> detrimental to road vehicles.

How strong would the boom gates need to be to prevent a speeding car from
getting in front of the train?  Who is going to fund the cost of continual
replacement of the booms?

Ted