Level Crossing Idiocy

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Originally Posted by Moonlight

Get in touch with the local highways dept Mr Squirrel and inform them of the danger of that section of road, its more than likely it has already been reported and they could just think it was a one off incident but until you get in touch you'll never know will you.

That'll be £125.00 for my lawyer fees old boy, what are you still doing here Mr Squirrel, find out which pub the head of that dept goes in and give him a smack in the nose, my opening fee for that one will be £475.00, yes, yes, yes I know my rates are cheap but I'm just trying to help out a destitute artist who can't afford a quicker off the mark car aren't I, I am too kind by far you know.

Strangely, Moonlight's 'quick off the mark' comment is appropriate: U R at fault for allowing yourself to be caught on the crossing. Even though an illegal unsignaled lane change has occurred; Rule 1: "the idiocy of others is ALWAYS foreseeable to a good defensive driver. (rule 2: always drive defensively)" Pair that with the maxim: "the leading cause of death is other people" usually your wife or your physician and/or an errant driver....Sometimes it's a combination of all three: the errant driver sends you to the hospital; the doctor says you're 'brain dead'; and your wife....ever mindful of her timely life in$urance payment premium$ on your wretched hide....acquie$ce$ to "pull the plug' (rule 3: 'girls gotta eat') Had U been in a eighteen-wheeler for example,, the track crossing maneuver would anticipate the need to safely pass under all conditions including the idiotic lane shift. The fault dear Eich is 70% U and 30% her. PS: I have a similar RR crossing(Napa Valley wine train) with three signal light intersections and freeway off/on ramp and two corner gas station: three blocks from my home. All busses stopping to look as required by law, the commute hour makes passage a 1/2 hour ordeal. Offset lanes through a misaligned intersection has caused asinine jockeying and fatal accidents through the years. <thin grey line parallel to freeway is RR track -getting over the freeway is simply awful and has a camera monitor from time to time as the city's budget occasions. Sig llights at Solano Ave. and each of the on/off Hwy 29 ramps and RR barricades make it miserably tough. EDIT: I just caught Vienna's post: precisely so!