RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, EddieB said: Edit: To add that the light probably has a trailing cable connection - which surely can't be laid over the level crossing. Old fashioned. These days, most I see are radio linked with a self contained traffic column/battery box/receiver. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted September 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2020 Was with the MOM when the call for these came in, but sadly its not unusual to see this sort of set up, and until someone tells you (usually a train driver as was this case) you don't even get to know about it. The supervising equipment for an AHBC in the signalbox/panel is very basic, power on/off indicators, and a barrier rasied, working, failed indicator. No way of dropping the barriers and they aren't interlocked with signals.... Even people who work on the railways are amazed that thats all there is! Andy G 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 For those without twitter, could someone post a picture of what the above is about please 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, duncan said: For those without twitter, could someone post a picture of what the above is about please Membership of Twitter isn't necessary. Photos & posting done on Twitter can still be viewed online using an ordinary browser. Twitter can be accessed [by anybody], but requires membership if wishing to post or comment on a Twitter feed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Sorry, I just get a blank section when I click on the twitter link. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted September 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2020 As requested. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted September 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2020 Presumably they thought the "Keep crossing clear" sign was enough. If they thought. Jonathan 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2020 I can imagine what would happen if the lights went green just as the barriers were coming down. Some chancer would try to cross. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2020 17 hours ago, alastairq said: Membership of Twitter isn't necessary. Photos & posting done on Twitter can still be viewed online using an ordinary browser. Twitter can be accessed [by anybody], but requires membership if wishing to post or comment on a Twitter feed. It doesn't always show up in browsers I find (if I can actually see a link*) I need to open the link in a new window, else nothing happens. * sometimes no link visible, it's not consistent. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I'm on Chrome, on a PC....cannot speak for tablets and stuffs, tho'... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted September 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2020 20 hours ago, Welly said: A fail at every level! https://old.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/izhppd/happened_in_my_town_yesterday_trucks_arent/ 19 hours ago, melmerby said: Retribution coming for the driver as well, with a cop there able to witness it all. I got the feeling the truck was trying to reverse out of the way of the police car. Whatever it was, a severe lack of situational awareness. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted September 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2020 21 hours ago, melmerby said: I've seen them on roads where there is a side road entering half way along the works and there is no provision for them. So you can enter from the side road into the road works area, when there isn't a queue for the lights so you can't tell their state, go in either direction and are confronted by angry motorists coming towards you. (I've had that happen) Whenever I've seen that there's usually been a "joining traffic not signal controlled" sign, unless it's just for houses along the traffic light stretch. One I saw once was the opposite - a set of traffic lights on a rough track that joined during the roadworks. That looked a bit odd, I presume there were some houses down there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted September 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, PhilJ W said: I can imagine what would happen if the lights went green just as the barriers were coming down. Some chancer would try to cross. Some would deliberately chance it, and some might just react to the green light anyway. This would also be a problem if it was in front of the barriers - light's green, people just looking at the nearest thing (yes I know they shouldn't but there are enough who will) - I'm not sure if there is a good answer to traffic lights close to a level crossing, and that ideally the light should be quite some way in front. Even then it would have to be synchronised with the crossing otherwise the crossing closes and you end up with people at either side of the barriers. edit to add: I mean either side on the road, not stranded on the crossing! Edited September 26, 2020 by Reorte 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 16 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: Presumably they thought the "Keep crossing clear" sign was enough. If they thought. Jonathan That assumes the driver can read ............ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: That assumes the driver can read ............ Or make reasoned decisions. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) many thanks melmerby, didn't know that, can now ps didn't mean your post immediately above, but how to see twitter posts ! Edited September 26, 2020 by duncan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 11, 2020 Just spotted on the BBC news. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54497497 It doesn't say it was at a level crossing but I assume it must have been. Or where a train runs down the street possibly. Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Level crossing with no gates aparantly. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Good to see the headline got it the right way round for once. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2020 Ok it’s not a level crossing but 10 out of 10 for effort 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2020 "encroached"! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Driven by a cock-croach. They didn't just bump the front wheels down over the edge but managed to get the whole car off the platform. Was he/she trying to jump the tracks to get to the next platform? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2020 What amazes me is the airbag hasn’t gone off! pics of the car after recovery show it far more damaged after being winched on the tow truck the than when it Flew off the platform 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, big jim said: What amazes me is the airbag hasn’t gone off! The air bag mechanism isn't optimised for shocks in the vertical direction? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted October 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, big jim said: What amazes me is the airbag hasn’t gone off! pics of the car after recovery show it far more damaged after being winched on the tow truck the than when it Flew off the platform Airbags not deployed as the impact wasn’t severe enough, most airbags won’t deploy under roughly 12-15 mph, car probably just literally drove off the edge, didn’t need to be going fast.......would be interesting to see the CCTV footage of the incident. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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