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Trains don't stop in a hurry

BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
in Zocalo v2.0
[url=http://www.xenvideo.com/2007/02/27/train-crashes-renault-espace/]Why you shouldn't race the lights at a level crossing.[/url]

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  • EclecticonautEclecticonaut Elite Ranger
    Now that was frakkin' awesome!
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    jeeezus! that was scary! if i was ever tempted to risk it running one of those crossings before, im not now! there's no way anyone could walk away from a crash like that!
  • Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
    I missed that Top Gear episode but managed to catch that on YouTube. Yup sure is scary. And sadly someone was killed today in Norfolk UK in a similar incident. Such a waste and avoidable as well.
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    apparently that was the first time in 10yrs that they've done a staged crash. must have taken them a while to clean up afterwards! did you see all that crap kicked up by the car as it was pushed along?
  • FreejackFreejack Jake the Not-so-Wise
    That was just a single engine. Think about the freight trains in the US, which can easily reach a mile long with each car weigh upwards of 65 tons each...

    Jake
  • Space GhostSpace Ghost Elite Ranger
    Some idiot who was supposed to graduate high school with me did that very same thing... it didn't end well.
  • WORFWORF The Burninator
    And I bet the only damage to the train was some scratched paint.

    Worf
  • The Cabl3 GuyThe Cabl3 Guy Elite Ranger
    Topgear is pretty much the only thing watchable on British Television.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    How does a high visibility jacket help you survive a crash like that? :D

    British humor, I guess....
  • FreezeFreeze Disguised as a Trainee
    Ach, IMO kids are driving like berserks today. You should also consider watching [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE"]this[/URL] to give ya' some thoughts .. ?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I was once on a train excursion down by the Coromandel. A whole bunch of us were at this tiny country station (literally just a large concrete block beside the tracks) waiting for the train back when a cargo train came through the station. Just before the station, the line curved and the station was hidden by it by some large bushes, so the driver had no idea that there were people all over the tracks around the station. As soon as the engine came around the corner and he saw this, he started beeping his horn like crazy. He would have been shitting himself, because there's no way a train would have stopped in that distance, with or without cars behind it.

    Also, it was pretty awesome to sit on the side of that concrete block and have a very long train going past at over 70kph a metre to my left.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Did you wear high visibility clothing?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    No, that's why the train was unable to stop. Had I been, no doubt it would have stopped.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    And remember, if youre wearing high visibility clothing, and the train still doesnt stop, just [URL="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/153512/duck_and_cover/"]duck, and cover[/URL].
  • Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
    But surely the combination of high vis and duck and cover would be all one needs? :p
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