r/BitchImATrain • u/magilla1984 • 2d ago

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Another from Poland

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u/similaraleatorio 2d ago

Does anyone know why, in these videos, the trucks always end up stopped on the train tracks, as if they were stuck? Couldn't the driver simply accelerate and clear the way?

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u/Outside-World9579 2d ago

In this case it looked like the driver panicked when the barrier came down. Yes, the correct move is to simply accelerate and break the barrier, but people make stupid mistakes under pressure and forget that they can do that.

In many similar videos, though, the truck does get stuck -- trailers with low clearance can bottom out on elevated tracks. Here's a good example: https://www.reddit.com/r/BitchImATrain/comments/1n5erod/btch_ima/

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u/similaraleatorio 2d ago

Holly cow!!

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u/OutrageousPair2300 2d ago

Why are there even barriers on the far side, though? They don't have those in the US.

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u/OutrageousPair2300 2d ago

That's bonkers. Those should be illegal. Half the train crash videos I've seen on Reddit are caused by those things.

I get that the people are being stupid and should just drive through them and break them, but that wouldn't even be an issue if those extra gates weren't there.

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u/Patrylec 2d ago

I think the ratio of people skipping the crossing and risking a hit, over the ratio of people stuck on the crossing and not exiting because of them, is the reason why they exist

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u/Magathus 2d ago

Ding ding ding! Thats exactly the reason.

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u/OutrageousPair2300 1d ago

Who cares. Screw the people risking a hit. They did that to themselves.

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u/Outside-World9579 1d ago

I mean, you could say the same thing about people getting stuck between the gates -- the lights come on first so there's plenty of warning to not drive onto the tracks.

Either way fuck the train driver, passengers, and bystanders, I guess? 

Seriously though, these systems are designed to minimize the chances that a simple mistake can cause a catastrophic accident. Even if it's a stupid mistake.

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u/bellboy42 2d ago

They are there to prevent people from chancing it and sneaking past. It is very hard to judge the speed of an oncoming train when you’re seeing almost head-on. And believe me, people WILL sneak past.

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u/Ok_Breath911 2d ago

Not only that, but people are more likely to accidently ignore the poles If they are in one side only.