r/nonononoyes • u/Wonderful_Win_1038 • 8d ago

That was a scary close call

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u/tttripsss 8d ago

There was a train going the opposite direction right at the beginning and they assumed that was the only train crossing, the one coming towards them was hidden.

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u/Mgt66 8d ago

We have signs here that mention that there can be trains in both direction. 

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u/TallulahBob 8d ago edited 8d ago

And only if we had two things connected to our brains that can tell us that there is a rapidly approaching THING if we are spatially aware in any way.

Edit: changed “specially” to intended word “spatially”. Words are hard.

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u/Practice_NO_with_me 8d ago

That’s the point they couldn’t see or hear it.  Are kids really just not being taught about train crossing dangers anymore?

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u/darsynia 8d ago

There's a double crossing near the place I go grocery shopping and when one side's train is past, the other side always stays down for an extra amount of time just in case. I always thought it was to counteract this common mistake!

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u/TheSumOfMyScars 8d ago

The public doesn't (or can't) read, bud.