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Not a bad idea at all. At least with the size of locos you have over there it's rare for the train crew to be hurt in such incidents, over here more than a few train drivers have been hurt or killed because some idiot decided to try to beat the crossing. Recently, there was an incident where a someone intent on committing suicide by parking his car on a crossing caused the derailment of a high speed train with several deaths and injuries amongst the crew and passengers - how selfish can people be? <br /> <br />The plan now seems to be to fit some form of obstacle-detection system to crossings that will give trains time to stop if there's something in the way - the problem being that at the moment the barriers drop, and there's no way of telling if there's an obstruction unless someone phones control and reports it.
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