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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 23,113
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 23,113
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I agree they are idiots, and if they have no regard for their life then that's their problem, but if there were an accident, it's not just them who's affected is it?
Train drivers can be traumatized by accidents, whether caused through someones own fault, or not. Automobile accidents, broken down and abandoned vehicles, and members of the public taking their own lives have all contributed to unfortunate incidents.
"There were 8,200 level crossings in the UK in 2005, of which, 1,600 were road crossings. This number is gradually being reduced as the risk of accident at level crossings is considered high."
The director of the UK Railway Inspectorate has previously commented that "the use of level crossings contributes the greatest potential for catastrophic risk on the railways.
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