Doh!

[SWT Driver]

How this idiot managed to do this is beyond me, this is at Farnham level crossing a couple of nights ago at around 3am, so no trains were running, but how they didn't get fried by the juice rail is amazing!

 

[90019]

Well, to coin a phrase; "Oops".

 

[SWT Driver]

Do you reckon SWMBO was driving?

 

[theblackwatch]

Not the first person to do this. There was a similar incident near Southport last year, when the woman who was driving was (somewhat appropriately!) dressed as a clown!

 

[."ooo!.]

how they didn't get fried by the juice rail is amazing!

Is the power left on when the track is not in use overnight? I'd expect a fair amount of power loss on a DC system whilst it was just sitting idle.

 

[GB]

Is the power left on when the track is not in use overnight?

Yes it is...unless of course the area is under a possession.

 

[Hydro]

Yes it is...unless of course the area is under a possession.

Not a guarantee. Live sections can still be present in a possession.

 

[Drsatan]

Maybe the driver was ****ed or his/her satnav suggested the railway line as a shortcut!

 

[Hydro]

Rumour has it the driver was ****ed up, according to the Railway Rumour (tm) today.

 

[SWT Driver]

I do know of one instance where a pensioner literally followed the instruction of turn right at Kings Fernsden level crossing and did the same thing except this time the down fast just missed him!

 

[SomersetChris]

I wonder if anyone has ever done a survey to see if this is more common now that people have sat navs?

 

[90019]

now that people have sat navs?

Not everyone does :P

 

[starrymarkb]

And I'd hardly blame the Sat Nav, if it says turn, I'll glance at the map on the screen, then look ahead and relate it to what I see. And act accordingly. After all SatNav data does go out of date (mine used to try and send me up a bus lane if I was using it to come back from somewhere*

*not the units fault, the bus lane was a bright idea by the council that appeared just after I bought the unit. It has since been removed as it backed up the traffic further then before, and the only reason the traffic and buses get backed up is because the council made a temporary diversion permanent so less traffic passed their offices... so they won't solve that problem in a hurry