Foolish drivers

[Broithe]

And a rather more dramatic one on the big island.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-39144133

[Broithe]

Barberstown level crossing "destroyed" by a tractor today - much disruption as a result.

[Broithe]

Kiltartan crossing destroyed by a van.

 

[jhb171achill]

Re. bridges; there's a simple solution. Build those extremely rigid steel bars across the road either side of them. Thus: driver wrecks his vehicle on contact, but railway unscathed*.

 

With automatic half barriers, replace with those retractable bollards, which up-end anyone trying to dodge them. All will take money and time, but if done, offers a permanent solution.

 

(* ...unless it's the Nenagh branch, in which case IE will rub their hands in glee at another excuse to close it for six months "just in case"....)

[Broithe]

Re. bridges; there's a simple solution. Build those extremely rigid steel bars across the road either side of them. Thus: driver wrecks his vehicle on contact, but railway unscathed*.

 

With automatic half barriers, replace with those retractable bollards, which up-end anyone trying to dodge them. All will take money and time, but if done, offers a permanent solution.

 

(* ...unless it's the Nenagh branch, in which case IE will rub their hands in glee at another excuse to close it for six months "just in case"....)

 

http://www.irishrail.ie/news/bridgestrikes-enterpriseireland

[skinner75]

Re. bridges; there's a simple solution. Build those extremely rigid steel bars across the road either side of them. Thus: driver wrecks his vehicle on contact, but railway unscathed*.

 

With automatic half barriers, replace with those retractable bollards, which up-end anyone trying to dodge them. All will take money and time, but if done, offers a permanent solution.

 

(* ...unless it's the Nenagh branch, in which case IE will rub their hands in glee at another excuse to close it for six months "just in case"....)

 

Yep - big stout steel frame either side of a bridge at the level of the bridge would do it. I like your idea for the retractable bollards for LCs, only this would be very very expensive & time consuming to do

[Noel]

Kiltartan crossing destroyed by a van.

 

 

It boggles the mind how the driver did not see the triangle of three flashing red lights on both sides of the road. The cyclist had the advantage of hearing if a train was coming which would have been unlikely within mere seconds of the barrier coming down. I understand there is a fail safe system that alerts trains if the barriers are damaged or not down properly. Must cause a great time inconvenience to passengers while the scene is cleared for the train to continue on its journey of at all.

[Broithe]

30 minute delays to Maynooth due to Coolmine crossing being damaged - by a cyclist.

Is there no end..?

 

[Broithe]

I was going to post these pictures of a West Coast Main Line bridge that I took having a wander about after the Haywood Exhibition, with a comment along the lines of "It's only likely to be hit by the odd mountain bike - or, maybe, a pushchair in the drier weather". Although, it does look substantial enough to survive either of those.

[Broithe]

Mmm, the UK has a bridge-strike spike in the last week of October - it will be interesting to see what happens next week.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-birmingham-41701198?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=59f1c30ce4b0f943f58ace4e%26Lichfield bridge one of the most hit by lorries in country%26&ns_fee=0#post_59f1c30ce4b0f943f58ace4e

 

[Broithe]

On 26/10/2017 at 2:09 PM, Broithe said:

Mmm, the UK has a bridge-strike spike in the last week of October - it will be interesting to see what happens next week.

Well, there you go - one straight away.
 

 

[Broithe]

 

[Broithe]

You can cause disruption, even if there is not a bridge available to hit.

 

 

[Noel]

Darwin!

[Broithe]

You don't even need a motor vehicle, an unsecured trampoline on a windy day will suffice.

 

[Broithe]

Yet another...

 

[heirflick]

4 hours ago, Broithe said:

Yet another...

 

It baffles me....all drivers of hgv's are required to know their load height, plan the route accordingly  and they can see the signs with the bridge height - some even flash a warning that they are to high so where is the problem?  

[Broithe]

Quite often, it looks like they've "only just caught the bridge" - I wonder if people rely on the stated bridge height clearance being a little pessimistic.

[heirflick]

41 minutes ago, Broithe said:

Quite often, it looks like they've "only just caught the bridge" - I wonder if people rely on the stated bridge height clearance being a little pessimistic.

You could be on the ball there!

[Broithe]

I don't think he'll do this again.
 

 

[Broithe]

This could have been much more exciting than it was...

 

[Broithe]

It's not always drivers...

 

[Broithe]

Bridge strikes all over the place lately - even Ballybrophy - there's only a couple of very small underbridges that I can think of in the vicinity, but I suppose you could also hit the parapet of an overbridge...

 

[DiveController]

On 2/10/2018 at 7:34 AM, Broithe said:

It's not always drivers...

 

This even beats the 'leaves on the line'

[Broithe]

Quick open-top conversion in Bradford today - handy in this weather.

No injuries.

[Broithe]

You don't see this every day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-44833066

A fake ambulance stuffed into a level crossing, after leaving the scene of an earlier fatal collision.

[Broithe]

This is a 'good' example...

 

[Broithe]

Beeston, Nottingham - yesterday.

"Get yer knee down and twist the throttle, you stand a good chance..."

I hope it was empty.

[Broithe]

One for a layout with a Faller road system..?
 

 

[snapper]

Most of the things in this thread look careless or accidental, that looks deliberate

[JasonB]

Unfortunately seeing something like this doesn't surprise nowadays. Some of the driving I witness on a daily basis along with their attitude to the rules of the road is beyond belief. Luckily these type of planks are in the minority. 

[jhb171achill]

Couldn't believe this deliberate act.

A pity a stray 201 wasn't coming along - we don't need retards like this in the food chain......

[Broithe]

You have to suspect that the car was stolen and/or driven by someone who had overestimated his capacity for pharmaceutical products, probably those of an amateur origin.

[jhb171achill]

42 minutes ago, Broithe said:

You have to suspect that the car was stolen and/or driven by someone who had overestimated his capacity for pharmaceutical products, probably those of an amateur origin.

.....in which case the food chain has even less use for the driver. Bring on the double headed 201s!

[Broithe]

Near Perth station in Scotland, possibly this very morning.