Re: level crossing near misses.

["Lineman" <grime@dcsi.net.au>]

canetram59 <canetram59@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Daniel Bowen <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au> wrote in message
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> > They're not aware, or they ignore some of the laws. Like the one that
says
> > you don't drive over the crossing until the red lights have stopped
> > flashing. Not when the boom has gone up; when the lights have stopped
> > flashing. Watch the next time you're at a crossing.
> >
> Have you ever tried to remain stopped at a level crossing until the boom
> gates have gone up and the red lights have ceased flashing? I try to, but
> when the traffic in the lane next to you (on a 4-lane carriageway) and
those
> in the opposite direction start moving off as soon as the boom gates have
> lifted sufficiently clear, you are bullied into disobeying the law by the
> turkeys behind you. You feel like an idiot, stopped, waiting for the boom
> gates to complete their lifting cycle and the red lights to stop flashing.
> Cars behind you start blowing their horns, and drivers yell abuse, until
you
> start to move.
> The red flashing lights are supposed to be the same as a normal red
traffic
> signal ie you stop and remain stopped whilst it is on. It is just that
there
> is no green light to tell you when you can move off. One of these days the
> police might realise that this is another lucrative source of fund raising
> where non-compliance earns another hefty fine.
>
> canetram59
>
> Which is why the idea of red light cameras is just the thing to get us all
back to toeing the line at crossings.IT would take the pressure off the
motorists trying to do the right thing.
Lineman