Re: Probe into rail crossing claims

Mizter T wrote:

On 24 Sep, 08:51, Chris Tolley <cj...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

MIG wrote:
There are other situations where, in practice, people proceed with an
assumption of it being clear to do so, but of course being alert to
possible hazards.  I think driving down a main road is like this: you
don't actually stop and verify that nothing is coming out of every
side road, and it would cause chaos if you did.  You do have to be
aware that things can come out of side roads.

It's similar, with the exception that on a main road you have priority,
whereas at a LC the train does. It's therefore more like being on a side
road that is crossed by main roads.


I simply have to agree with MIG's stance on this.

Read the relevant section of the Highway Code and you'll see that it
just doesn't emphasise the position you are taking whatsoever - see
section 291 to 299 on this page:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069864

With regards to controlled crossings, at no point does it suggest
anything like the analogy you have used above, it just sensibly says
of Level Crossings: "Approach and cross it with care."

And that's all I have been advocating. All I have said is that I do a
visual check before going over a LC*. That is what I understand by the
phrase "approach and cross it with care".

In that sense, it's exactly the same as being on a minor road that
crosses a major one. I approach the junction being prepared to stop, but
I proceed once I have verified visually that it is safe for me to do so.

From some of the replies that have been made, one would think I had said
that people must stop at LCs in all circumstances, but I haven't said
anything remotely resembling that.

* well, okay, I have also spelt out the implication that anyone not
doing this is not driving as carefully as they could be. It surprises me
that anyone regards that as a controversial suggestion.

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