RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2017 Mr D. Head is recorded in Birmingham weaving through the gates at the last possible second... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38980125 Kev. British Transport Police has not been able to identify the motorist With all the cameras around surely he/she was caught on one somewhere nearby ? - like the one below https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.4915405,-2.007566,3a,60y,329.37h,84.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seTxjm84MVWNbVJep98dBMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 If the driver is caught what offence would he be charged with, and what would the penalty be? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2017 Mr D. Head is recorded in Birmingham weaving through the gates at the last possible second... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38980125 Not very sensible behaviour for various reasons but unlike most of the videos in this thread presumably there was very little danger the actions resulting in anyone being hit by a train. If the driver is caught what offence would he be charged with, and what would the penalty be? He must have failed to stop at flashing red lights (unless they had failed) which is an offence in itself no matter what the barriers are doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2017 i recon he was touching cloth, well if he wasnt before the manouvre he probably was afterwards! that crossing was one i was warned about when i learnt that route that the local scroats on foot tend to leap the barriers rather than wait Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2017 that crossing was one i was warned about when i learnt that route that the local scroats on foot tend to leap the barriers rather than wait Jumping (or driving through!) the barriers once down and the crossing confirmed clear would be potentially much more dangerous than what we saw in the video. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) Jumping (or driving through!) the barriers once down and the crossing confirmed clear would be potentially much more dangerous than what we saw in the video.ive only ever had one person leap the barrier in navigation road ner altringham, i was stood stationary on a 150 unit and this guy jumped it in one leap then swaggered across like something out of the happy mondays or oasis being all cocky, i dont think he was expecting the metrolink tram alongside to be going in the same direction as me and for it to suddenly appear from alongside my train accellerating at a rate of knots (the driver wont have seen him initially as he was stopped futher back than me) old manc boy soon got a spurt on across the other line when that appeared whistle blaring, the last i saw of him was in a heap in the middle of the road the other side of the barrier having tried unsuccesfully to leap the second barrier in one go in the panic Edited February 15, 2017 by big jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) best description of the manc walk i evrr heard was a chimpansie in parker walking down the road with a full nappy Edited February 16, 2017 by peanuts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2017 best description of the manc walk i evrr heard was a chimpansie in parker walking down the road with a full nappy See the bottom left hand corner of the "advert". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted March 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) Updated 3/3/17 http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/stolen-car-careers-through-level-crossing-while-fleeing-police/story-30175821-detail/story.html Lincoln to Grimsby line. Langworth crash was 'fail to stop', say police Posted at16:41 Lincolnshire Police have described the car crash at Langworth Level crossing as a "fail to stop". The car crashed through the barriers at the level crossing and collided with a Post Office lorry. No train involved. Edit: to add route and update Edited March 3, 2017 by highpeakman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2017 Car was stolen apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4SFs7f6gLs 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4SFs7f6gLs The elephant really should have waited. Tusk tusk... Edited March 5, 2017 by Pete 75C Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted March 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4SFs7f6gLsI like the fact that having made all that effort to lift the first barrier, it decides it can't be bothered to do it all again with the second one and just steps over/on it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6, 2017 I like the fact that having made all that effort to lift the first barrier, it decides it can't be bothered to do it all again with the second one and just steps over/on it. I wondered that, but that 2nd barrier looks to be low, perhaps it's already bent? Question is, where is the train? One day the elephant is going to get hit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I wondered that, but that 2nd barrier looks to be low, perhaps it's already bent? Question is, where is the train? One day the elephant is going to get hit! Is it a 'User Worked Crossing' (or whatever the Indian equivalent is?), in which case the barriers presumably would always stay down unless lifted by the user? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6, 2017 An elephant never forgets so perhaps it knew there was no train coming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2017 Is it a 'User Worked Crossing' (or whatever the Indian equivalent is?), in which case the barriers presumably would always stay down unless lifted by the user? It should use the phone and make a trunk call to the box. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 It should use the phone and make a trunk call to the box. I was going to click 'Funny' but just couldn't bring myself to do it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6, 2017 It should use the phone and make a trunk call to the box. Another reason for a 'GROAN' button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 An elephant never forgets so perhaps it knew there was no train coming. It knew it would be Ivory the Engine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) On a bright and sunny summer afternoon in about 1974, certainly during the period between the introduction of air-conditioned mk2s on the South Wales expresses and the advent of HSTs, I was working an up Margam-Severn Tunnel Junction part fitted freight through Miskin, just west of Cardiff. As I say, it was a lovely day, all was well with the world, and I was out on the brakevan verandah in my shirtsleeves. As we approached Miskin level crossing, recently fitted with half barriers and unmanned, I looked forward along the left hand side of the train and noticed 2 things, one of which was a 47 hauled Paddington-Swansea train barrelling down on the location flat out and probably making the heavy side of 90mph, and the other was a Ford Crapi on the wrong side of the road revving ready to make a go for it as soon as my van had cleared twatdriver's path (I knew he was a ###### because he had a Crapi, in gold metalflake at that...). When you can see what is about to happen in this way, it is easy to become transfixed with horror, but I managed not to and tried to indicate to td that another train was in the offing. His response was to use a hand gesture which intimated that I was a practitioner of the noble art of self abuse (can I just do it until I'm short sighted, mummy?), and, as soon as the van cleared, he was off like a stabbed rat, rear wheels spinning in the 'full Clarkson' style. I have to say that this stabbed rat move was probably what saved him; I crossed the van and looked forward to see the 47 about half a dozen wagons off and closing very rapidly. I gave the driver the 'pulling the whistle cord' blow your horn signal, and he did, but whether as a result of seeing my efforts or having reacted to the sight of the Crapi's bonnet appearing behind the van I had no way of telling at the time. I actually shut my eyes and listened for the bang, the 47's driver 'put the lot in' (made a full application of the train air brake and the loco's straight air brake), and my train continued eastwards at 40 odd mph. There was, thankfully, no bang, and as the down Swansea cleared the crossing, the brakes had clearly been blown off and the train was picking up speed again; td and his Crapi were nowhere to be seen. Clearly this was a near miss and not a tragedy, but it was the nearest one I ever saw. Shortly afterwards, I overheard the Swansea driver talking about it in Swansea High Street messroom, and commented that I'd been the guard on the up freight. He'd seen my handsignal, but too late and fleetingly to interpret it, 'just a flash', though was appreciative of my efforts as it had drawn his eye to the approaching Crapi, which had promptly disappeared below his line of sight. He then described it re-appearing in his left window 'as if it had come out from under me'. He, too, had had his heart in his mouth. What range the actual miss was in is anyone's guess, but one has to think inches rather than feet, and certainly not yards... We agreed that half barrier crossings were a pita, and that td had probably had to have his Crapi professionally cleaned inside! I had regained my composure by the time the train got to Cardiff, where I was relieved. My driver had no idea of what had happened. Edited March 6, 2017 by The Johnster 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 From the Network Rail YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewZv2OZ6NMg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4SFs7f6gLs The elephant should have telephoned the local signaller before crossing but only knew how to make a trunk call. Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 10, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2017 Can't see any misuse in the 27.01.2017 07:52:36 clip. The people there look to be behaving correctly and shouldn't be on a "misuse" clip, they are already on the crossing when the yellow starts and turning round with the dog is not necessarily the best option. A couple of months back I reported a driver for jumping the lights, I provided photos showing the barriers almost hitting a car with the barriers, the red lights and the number plate all clearly visible - they couldn't prosecute because there wasn't enough evidence. I hope the vehicles in this clip were prosecuted and not just "warned" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted March 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2017 Can't see any misuse in the 27.01.2017 07:52:36 clip. The people there look to be behaving correctly and shouldn't be on a "misuse" clip, they are already on the crossing when the yellow starts and turning round with the dog is not necessarily the best option. A couple of months back I reported a driver for jumping the lights, I provided photos showing the barriers almost hitting a car with the barriers, the red lights and the number plate all clearly visible - they couldn't prosecute because there wasn't enough evidence. I hope the vehicles in this clip were prosecuted and not just "warned" I believe the BTP are sometimes wary of accepting evidence from the public regarding level crossing misuse as an aggressive lawyer like the infamous "Mr Loophole" could probably find some flaw in it. On the flip side though the BTP are quite happy with the evidence of a railway official (e.g. LON, Signaller, etc) on the basis that the courts generally believe they are unlikely to have a hidden agenda thus making the chance of a sucessfull prosecution grater. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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