Re: problems at ringwood (again) - sun 17/10

[L & D <daisyw@ozemail.com.au>]

Michael wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I believe I may have mentioned this on past occasions, but I have seen the
> stupidity that goes on, at the Bell Street / Bell Station level crossing,

I remember once watching a bus sneak across the Bell St level crosing as the
booms lowered only to be left stranded (how he exited the crossing I don't
know as the train blocked my view, but the train driver wasn't to impressed)
and a lot of the time there were cars stoped on the crossing as the booms
lowered.

Davo

>
> having been committed to 6 years of secondary education within that
> vicinity. Then there was the accident there. A train (375M??) ran into a
> stationary truck. The train was going slowly, as it had to stop at Bell
> Station, but still did not have enough time to stop. A number of people on
> the train itself suffered minor injuries as well, for this truck driver's
> stupidity.
>
> Writing/ranting about it in here won't help however, maybe we need to
> convey the message onto our local members to try and get somethign done.
>
> Regards
> Michael
>