Re: level crossing near misses, was Re: problems at ringwood

[keithm@happy.dca.gov.au (Dave Malcolm)]

In article <7uggfc$q4i$1@news1.mpx.com.au> "Neil Stalker" <nstalker@dingoblue.net.au> writes:
>From: "Neil Stalker" <nstalker@dingoblue.net.au>
>Subject: Re: level crossing near misses, was Re: problems at ringwood
>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:12:10 +1000

>The same things used to happen at a level crossing
>in the Brisbane suburb of Geebung. Because there
>was an intersection with traffic lights just 10m
>past the level crossing the cars had no choice but
>wait on the tracks, which is a very scary thing
>considering that the speed limit on the line there
>is 100km/h and a visibility of 30m down the line.
>Since then they finally fixed it by synchronising
>the traffic lights with the level crossing lights.
>I'm just wondering if there were any near misses
>with that particular one though.

>Dean A Stalker
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The road traffic did have a choice. They could wait on the other side of the 
crossing to the lights. 

Dave Malcolm