Lachi wrote:
Funny that we are still discussing this.
Just remember: NEVER CROSS RAIL ROAD TRACKS EXCEPT ON OPEN RAIL ROAD CROSSINGS.
Or you could use your eyes like an adult, assess the situation and then act accordingly like the riders did during the race.
I have to agree there.
To Movistar and Paul i quote myself from a few posts above
Gonna move onto the "plenty of time" part. As i've said a few times i know someone who died on a level crossing. They didn't fall or trip on the tracks. They weren't in a broken down car. They weren't tied down by banditos. They were going home and thought they had enough time to get across and cut a few seconds off their journey home... except they misjudged the speed and distance of the train... This was a A grade student at a good school, a really smart guy. His heart beat was low and he had no external distractions. He just got the situation wrong and paid the ultimate price.
Equally i've had a friend who was driving go to skip a level crossing thinking they had enough time to get across (i was in the car behind) and i couldn't measure the gap between his front bumper and the train as it went past... It was a matter of centimeters from the worst case scenario, and all because he misjuged "plenty of time".
What you might percieve as plenty of time can be very very wrong. I doubt a rider at speed in the middle of the pack focused on racing is in any shape to make a judegement call about the time it will take the train to reach them. And if they get it wrong it's death plain and simple. No second chances.
If it was that easy to judge and avoid trains then why is it illegal to jump a level crossing? Why are there litteraly hundreds of incidents a year of people being hit by trains at level crossings?
Lachi wrote:
Funny that we are still discussing this.
Just remember: NEVER CROSS RAIL ROAD TRACKS EXCEPT ON OPEN RAIL ROAD CROSSINGS.
Or you could use your eyes like an adult, assess the situation and then act accordingly like the riders did during the race.
Lights reds, barriers closed. For most intelligent creatures, that means you better stop. Riders should follow the rules, not makes calls on their own when it comes to potentialy deadly situations.
And I feel I'm just repeating myself here for the few idiots who just don't get why this was wrong.
Lachi wrote:
Funny that we are still discussing this.
Just remember: NEVER CROSS RAIL ROAD TRACKS EXCEPT ON OPEN RAIL ROAD CROSSINGS.
Or you could use your eyes like an adult, assess the situation and then act accordingly like the riders did during the race.
I have to agree there.
To Movistar and Paul i quote myself from a few posts above
Gonna move onto the "plenty of time" part. As i've said a few times i know someone who died on a level crossing. They didn't fall or trip on the tracks. They weren't in a broken down car. They weren't tied down by banditos. They were going home and thought they had enough time to get across and cut a few seconds off their journey home... except they misjudged the speed and distance of the train... This was a A grade student at a good school, a really smart guy. His heart beat was low and he had no external distractions. He just got the situation wrong and paid the ultimate price.
Equally i've had a friend who was driving go to skip a level crossing thinking they had enough time to get across (i was in the car behind) and i couldn't measure the gap between his front bumper and the train as it went past... It was a matter of centimeters from the worst case scenario, and all because he misjuged "plenty of time".
What you might percieve as plenty of time can be very very wrong. I doubt a rider at speed in the middle of the pack focused on racing is in any shape to make a judegement call about the time it will take the train to reach them. And if they get it wrong it's death plain and simple. No second chances.
If it was that easy to judge and avoid trains then why is it illegal to jump a level crossing? Why are there litteraly hundreds of incidents a year of people being hit by trains at level crossings?
How did you know exactly how the pulse of your friend was before his death? SOunds like you were in the same car(obviously you weren't) Also being an A grade student doesn't make you smart. And in the race, you saw, that those who crossed the railway, HAD plenty of time. The other ones, who were not quite sure, stopped. Nothing wrong about this. Tbh, I don't know why we are still discussing this. They crossed the railway. Nothing happend. Period.
Cool, ignore the key questions i asked. I'm done with this discussion. I'm just repeating myself to idiots. I won't say i hope you get hit by a train, but i wouldn't be surprised.
Do you know the speed of the train which is coming? Are you sure your engine or pedals will not break? What if your chain drops?
Why did you think they invented the bars? No, not to spend money you fools, but because people cannot assess the situation correctly.
What did you think the time between the barriers going down and the train coming is for? No, not for traveling safely you idiots, it is to escape from a broken car or bike.
BTW: This happens when you think you can cross safely because you don't see a train.
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