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Re: level crossing near misses, was Re: problems at ringwood
- Subject: Re: level crossing near misses, was Re: problems at ringwood
- From: "Peter Dwyer" <peter.dwyer@qr.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 08:52:37 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Who Knows
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Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote in message
news:7vd8vp$954$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> Peter Dwyer <peter.dwyer@qr.com.au> wrote in message
> news:7v2ltm$gdp2@inet6.citec.com.au...
>
> > To stop people dying on crossings, it is necessary to remove them.
Nothing
> > else works.
>
> How about replacing the flashing lights they have now with ordinary
traffic
> lights, and fitting red-light cameras?
Three of the busiest level crossings in Brisbane have traffic lights.
They are also the three most 'incident prone' level crossings. This is due
mostly to the level of traffic, which leads people into thinking they can
run the Red Light, whether the light is a traffic light OR a level crossing
light.
The police look after the Red Light Cameras, not the Railways, and the
fatality levels at level crossings pale in comparison to the daily road
carnage, so they put their Red Light cameras where they feel they would do
the most good.
Peter Dwyer