Re: Warning on rail crossings as toll soars

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:55:03 +0000 (GMT) someone who may be gwr4090
<usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote this:-

>>From the Observer 20-Nov-05

>But the government will oppose four amendments to the road safety bill -
>to be put to the House of Lords this week - that would give Network Rail
>these powers. This decision was attacked last week by Lord Berkeley, the
>Labour peer who introduced the amendments. 'If the government doesn't
>accept this it will be blamed for more accidents,' he said. 'Level
>crossings are the largest cause of death on the railway

Are they really. I would suggest that trespassers being struck by
trains is the largest cause of death on the railways, by a long way.

Provided that pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians are properly
catered for, which would usually mean leaving the crossing open for
them, I see no great problem in most cases. A longish detour that is
no great problem when the detour is powered by an internal
combustion engine is something else when powered by human or horse
power. However, I don't believe Network Rail can be trusted on this.
They have a number of offences to be taken into consideration in
this respect, such as their activities at level crossings in
Scotland.




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