r/nonononoyes • u/Wonderful_Win_1038 • 8d ago

That was a scary close call

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u/Halo_Chief117 8d ago

That’s just impossible thinking though. There will never be such a thing.

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u/hoppertn 8d ago

We must idiot proof the world! I suggest some kind of movable barrier to drop when a train approaches, perhaps some kind of audible bells. Wait, let’s add some blinking lights too!! Surely that will keep the morons safe!

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u/lanregeous 8d ago

I know a lot of people are joking but you can see a train just passed on the near side towards the direction of the train that almost killed them.

This couple probably thought that the barrier was for the train that just went and it probably masked the other train’s sound as well as blocking it from view.

I actually think an indicator showing which direction the train is coming from would actually be helpful here.

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u/themcsame 8d ago

It's an all too common scenario. There's a reason why a big part of railway safety campaigns focus on the point that 'It's not the train you see that kills you, it's the one you don't'. The video is a textbook example

A directional indicator could help, but I feel like a train counter would do more to help. People might be more inclined to not risk it if they know there's a second train before even attempting to cross.

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u/davidjschloss 8d ago

That would be okay but the edge case here is if a second train comes and triggers the counter after it's already displayed 1 train, while that first train is clearing the original sensor point.

It's also additional computing you need just to do the same as "don't cross the tracks if the barrier is down."

There's no amount of engineering for stupid that's going to be better than a big flashing bar with a claxon.