http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Level crossing cyclist in 'nearest miss' with train en Mon, 18 May 2026 23:40:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-129046 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:48:32 +0000 chdot 129046@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/news/96791-level-crossing-near-miss-cyclist-cautioned" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/content/news/96791-level-crossing-near-miss-cyclist-cautioned</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126995 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:41:32 +0000 crowriver 126995@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps it's to do with what is deemed 'newsworthy'. Driver dies at level crossing, it's in the media of course. Driver has near miss, an everyday occurrence, not newsworthy. Pedestrian you say? Two a penny, don't call us, we'll call you. <em>Cyclist</em> has near miss, that's unusual, hold the front page, let's give it some airtime, etc. ad nauseam. Plus a good opportunity to point at the screen and have a laugh at the stupid (female) cyclist. Ho ho ho. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126989 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:17:10 +0000 chdot 126989@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"videos have not made it onto the Beeb"</p> <p>Maybe not those particular ones, but they certainly do in connection with 'local' issues -</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3498427.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3498427.stm</a></p> <p>NR certainly publicises the videos -</p> <p><a href="http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/video-near-misses-show-need-for-network-rail-s-level-crossing-safety-campaign-1.90814" rel="nofollow">http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/video-near-misses-show-need-for-network-rail-s-level-crossing-safety-campaign-1.90814</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126987 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:09:27 +0000 crowriver 126987@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good for Network Rail. Somehow all these videos have not made it onto the Beeb, nor become internet memes. Funny that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126984 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:07:07 +0000 chdot 126984@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Network Rail periodically publicises the problem and videos such as these get shown on TV -</p> <p><a href="http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/5269.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/5269.aspx</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126983 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:03:23 +0000 crowriver 126983@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm I wonder how many near misses like this happen to car drivers every year? Somehow they don't make it onto the news though. Not enough entertainment factor, clearly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126823 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:29:50 +0000 gembo 126823@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin, nice point but we are not ecstatic about RLJing, of which this is a good example of what could go wrong </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126819 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:12:26 +0000 stiltskin 126819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was under the impression that the Zeitgeist of this forum was that faster, bigger traffic should exercise care and give way to vulnerable road users like cyclists? IGMC </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126814 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:05:59 +0000 gembo 126814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Loved the way she mopped her brow indicating Phew, that was close </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126794 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:29:08 +0000 PS 126794@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mental. I'm guessing from the fact that she hoves into view in the wrong lane that she has been coming up the outside of a line of stationary traffic. That *may* have made her oblivious to the barrier - it certainly allowed her to go past it without having to deviate. </p> <p>This all confirms that the hood-up approach to greater awareness is rarely a good move... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126790 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:59:58 +0000 Focus 126790@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good grief! </p> <p>There should be traffic lights on the approach to all level crossings with screens playing that video before anyone gets to it. But then an idiot like that would probably ignore the lights too... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126777 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:54:39 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 126777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>I rather like how, after almost being in too much of a hurry to live, she then decides not to even go that way after all.</em>"</p> <p>I think she probably scooted off to the side to throw up... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126775 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:50:48 +0000 ARobComp 126775@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just to arm yourself against the inevitable "level crossings don't apply to cyclists" bull that you encounter at som e point today here is a decent stat.</p> <p>5 cars hit by trains at level crossings in 2012-13 resulting in fatality. (10 year average is 13 car-train incidents a year)</p> <p>Link : <a href="http://www.rssb.co.uk/SPR/Reports/Pages/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.rssb.co.uk/SPR/Reports/Pages/default.aspx</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126761 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:15:15 +0000 Min 126761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I rather like how, after almost being in too much of a hurry to live, she then decides not to even go that way after all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11264#post-126760 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:12:19 +0000 Snowy 126760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-24364332">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-24364332</a></p> <p>Very nearly a Darwin Award for this one. What a loon. </p>