Fined for crossing railway crossing too early

[downthetrack]

Originally Posted by geckoGT

Tell me how the tilt train derailled, let it go, please.

If you mean the Berajondo derailment? As far as level crossing fail safe goes the nearest public level crossings to the derailment site are the Lowmead Road Level crossing around 8kms to the north and the Mullet Creek road crossing around 20kms south, both crossings are also in different signal sections.
Level crossings had nothing to do with this incident, in fact I'd be more concerned about the timber bridge a couple of hundred metres north of the crash site that gets a nice bounce going on a fully loaded freighter.

The latest one at Cardwell to my knowledge is still at the hands of the ATSB, so I won't go on about that one.

[potsyfromparkes]

Originally Posted by superpursuit83

Feel for ya mate, easy to drive a train but VERY stressfull I would say

Actually the job is not bad and even though motorists should not drive through red lights at level crossings it is not surprising when you look at the way these crossings have been set up.
Some are called predictor crossings which are fitted with electronics that detemine the speed of the train and operate the bells and lights accordingly so that they do not come down too early. Great idea but there is a crossing at Dubbo on Bourkes hill where thge bells and lights go for approximately 3 minutes before the train goes through because it has not got predictor technology
The railways could help motorists more to do the right thing if these crossings were set up properly.