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

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

Rod <comtrain@mpx.com.au> wrote in message
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>
>  shit scared.
>  IM(H)O boom gates are designed to protect trains from road vehicles,which
>  in
>  this day is flawed logic
>  A program started in the 1950s in Vic. should be fast tracked(no pun
>  intended) and that program is the grade separation of road and rail in as
>  many locations as possible and hang the cost.
>  Failing this xings with booms that come down stopping road traffic under
>  failure conditions should be redesigned to stop rail traffic from
entering
>  the crossing,rather than road traffic sitting and sitting and sitting.
>  The way things are today is a poor substitute for an efficient traffic
>  control system.
>  Lineman
>
>
> I am afraid you are the one that is flawed!
> Railway Lines are by an act of Parliament owned and controled by the
> Relative Government Bodies.
> Roads and Streets are owned/controled by the relative Council or
Government!
> When a road is to cross a Railway Line, provision is made to warn the road
> traffic that they only have permission to cross the private Land [level
> crossing] if no trains are about to cross the crossing, or are on the
> crossing. The crossing belongs to the Railway Authorities! We have on some
> crossings got tell tales to inform us as to whether the crossing is
propely
> opperating protection devices . If you have your car on the crossing, you
> are in the wrong.
> Every crossing in Victoria has as a minimum a Give Way sign on each side.
> Some a stop sign, most flashing lites and lots now have booms.
> Road authorities choose to use level crossings....Rail now demands
Overpass
> or underpass for all new crossings.
> Rod
>
> I guess that's why the Nth Fitzroy goods used to stop at all road xings
and wait for a flagman to stop road traffic before entering the xing.