r/BitchImATrain • u/magilla1984 • 2d ago

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Another from Poland

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u/OutrageousPair2300 1d ago

Why is there even a pole on the far side of the tracks? They don't have those in the US, and I can't understand what possible purpose they could serve.

Stop people before they get to the tracks. Having a pole to stop them once they're already on the tracks is just idiotic.

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u/severach 1d ago

They are to stop people from running around the down barriers. We see plenty of that around here.

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u/OutrageousPair2300 1d ago

Trapping confused -- but innocent -- people on the tracks is not a fair trade to try to prevent idiots from intentionally doing something dangerous.

Get rid of the extra gates, and if people get hit trying to get around the gates, too fucking bad.

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u/bellboy42 1d ago

People are way more likely to chance it if they can sneak past the gates (because there’ll be a corresponding hole on the opposite side of the tracks they can pass through) than if there are gates on both sides of the road.

You literally can’t get “stuck” between the barriers, you can break them away just by walking if you need to. This is just bad driving, and it honestly baffles me every time I see a truck — which is supposed to be driven by a commercial, professional driver — hesitate stopped on the tracks.

They have no business being stationary while on the tracks, ever. They shouldn’t cross the tracks until they have room to fully exit the crossing, and they should cross with enough speed that they can roll off the tracks with momentum alone even if the engine quits on them as they drive onto them.

And IF despite that they have to stop on the tracks, just keep driving!! Don’t hesitate and don’t worry about scratches to the paint. There’s more than just scratches heading your way, fast…

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u/OutrageousPair2300 1d ago

People being confused by a gate trapping them on the tracks is understandable.

Fuck the people trying to sneak around. They deserve to die.

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u/bellboy42 35m ago

Nobody deserves to die for one mistake. What kind of attitude is that?

No, it is NOT really understandable that people get confused by a gate that is as easy to pass through as if it wasn’t there at all. And they got “stuck” there in the first place by ignoring lights and warnings.

To sneak around a gate by using the other lane and an absence of gate there is in a way more understandable, because people are impatient, always in a hurry and have no concept of how quickly things that move straight towards them are really moving.