Train collides with car on crossing - video

[Harpers Tate]

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/or...lving-sunrail-train-vehicle-reported/26697570

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/sunrail-crash-video-released/26837556

The rail line here is not a new feature. The route was regularly used several times daily by huge freights and 4 x per day by Amtrak. With the introduction of the commuter service, the frequency of trains at weekday peak hours is greater than previously. There may have been speed increases as well. It seems local motorists need to learn, quickly, NOT to "park" on the tracks.

 

[maniacmartin]

Looking at the video, it seems like the setup is not as safe as here in the UK, where the train would not be given a green signal until a signaller checks that no-one is fouling the crossing.

 

[Jonny]

Looking at the video, it seems like the setup is not as safe as here in the UK, where the train would not be given a green signal until a signaller checks that no-one is fouling the crossing.

Especially when the crossing is next to a junction

 

[Marklund]

Looking at the video, it seems like the setup is not as safe as here in the UK, where the train would not be given a green signal until a signaller checks that no-one is fouling the crossing.

Didn't look like a fully gated crossing, more similar to an AHB which aren't protected by signals*




*Well, they are, just often quite a distance in rear, and the barrier controls aren't cut in to the signal circuit, unlike MCBs

 

[Tomnick]

I thought that too, but the barrier that the reporter referred to as having been repaired (the one that she was standing next to) must have been an exit barrier for them, unless it was just a short barrier to cover the footway or something?

 

[Harpers Tate]

To the best of my knowledge there is no signalling in respect of these crossings. They are, like many in the USA whether in Urban or Rural locations, merely automatic; lights and bells and in some but not all cases, barriers, triggered by the approaching train.

The US Railway does not go to anything like the extreme measures we do to keep people out; they appear to have adopted an attitude far more geared towards people taking personal responsibility for themselves. Tracks are hardly ever fenced off, for example.