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From: George W. Frost on 8 Jun 2007 20:37 "DalienX" <somewhere(a)earth.com> wrote in message news:46696ae4$0$1180$61c65585(a)un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au... > Arthur Brain wrote: > >> >> Don H wrote: >> >> > And just how is a government supposed to stop cars and trucks >> > from road-rail collision, by boom gates, etc - if the motorists >> > themselves persist in trying to "beat the train"? >> >> A monster-chicane on either side of each level-crossing would do the >> trick - if you've got to slow down to 30km/h anyway, the dumbfuck >> driving the truck might even stop. >> >> Bottom line is all these semis on the road >> - break the road, which we car-drivers have to pay to fix through our >> taxes >> - kill people, because so many of them are dumbfucks >> - waste resources when rail can carry SOOOOOOO MUCH MORE, for a >> fraction of the effort. > > A smarter government would prevent the situation in the first place > with overpasses and underpasses. > If the road never meets the rail, there will be no accidents. Too late for that Should have been thought of when they first laid the rail system
From: Noddy on 8 Jun 2007 21:35 "Stuart Naylor" <none(a)none.invalid> wrote in message news:5cudilF30vf9qU1(a)mid.individual.net... > The sort that has the sun in their eyes? From what I could tell from looking at pictures in the paper, he would have needed the sun in his eyes for about a week to not see a train coming on that crossing :) He gambled & lost. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Jock on 8 Jun 2007 22:06 Just realign the crossing so it's at a 90degree (perpendicular) angle of approach. Till they investigate this fully we won't know if there are any mitigating circumstances to the accident happening. The driver might have had some sort of temporary impairment (blinded by the sun?) that caused the lapse / prang. In any case, it sucks to be any of the people involved, their families, friends or the rescue / care contingent. Jock
From: Michael on 8 Jun 2007 23:07 Noddy wrote: > "Arthur Brain" <arthur_brain1(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > >> - waste resources when rail can carry SOOOOOOO MUCH MORE, for a >> fraction of the effort. > > So, when you go to Big W to buy your new plasma screen so you can sit around > and watch Home & away, they give you a coupon to trot along to your nearest > rail freight depot to pick up your telly? > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. > > How many Big W semi's do u see on the road mate, how many of these deliver to your door. Get a clue. Mick C
From: Michael on 8 Jun 2007 23:23
Arthur Brain wrote: > DalienX wrote: >> Arthur Brain wrote: >> >>> Don H wrote: >>> >>>> And just how is a government supposed to stop cars and trucks >>>> from road-rail collision, by boom gates, etc - if the motorists >>>> themselves persist in trying to "beat the train"? >>> A monster-chicane on either side of each level-crossing would do the >>> trick - if you've got to slow down to 30km/h anyway, the dumbfuck >>> driving the truck might even stop. >>> >>> Bottom line is all these semis on the road >>> - break the road, which we car-drivers have to pay to fix through our >>> taxes >>> - kill people, because so many of them are dumbfucks >>> - waste resources when rail can carry SOOOOOOO MUCH MORE, for a >>> fraction of the effort. >> A smarter government would prevent the situation in the first place >> with overpasses and underpasses. >> If the road never meets the rail, there will be no accidents. > > If morons weren't allowed to drive, there'd be no accidents, and my > taxes could be spent on something useful instead. > Yea but how would they get to work, on their shitty AWA's and go buy the shitty fuel that the government taxes us to the hilt for? Then they turn around and have the audacity to claim that the petrol companies are profiteering. Mick C |