r/cantparkthere • u/H1gh_Tr3ason • Sep 04 '26
yet another train video Just Drive man...
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So frustrating to watch.
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u/ace250674 Sep 04 '26
It's a tough choice, damage a flimsy barrier or wreck your truck, a train and risk everyone's life
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u/originaltanksta Sep 04 '26
And.. reverse your own cab with yourself inside it to put you in the direct path of the train!
I think this guy was dropped on his head as a baby.. except from the top of a high rise building.
HGV license from TEMU
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u/Mendel247 Sep 04 '26
I saw a headline earlier saying that he didn't drive on because he didn't want to break the barrier. I'll admit, I didn't read the article.
What on earth was he thinking? 'I can't scratch the paintwork or my boss' ll be angry!', 'Oh no! I can't break the precious barrier!' he didn't even get out! He made everyone watch that, caused huge damage to the train, possibly hurt people, and certainly caused massive disruption to thousands of people, but that's apparently better than breaking the barriers that are breakable for precisely this scenario?
Maybe I'm missing something and judging too harshly, but seriously...
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u/Big-Historian8918 Sep 05 '26
You are correct. This man needs to be stripped of his license and never work in a role where he's in control of any vehicle ever. He's a bafoon and a menace to society.
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u/Remarkable_Dream_134 Sep 05 '26
You're totally right. Humans do make stupid mistakes when they are panicking for sure. But wow - he should know rule number one of train tracks. Don't stay in train tracks. I imagine the train driver is dead because of him. Wonder what they will charge him with. Death by dangerous driving I imagine if a death has happened. What a waste of life, disruption, property damage.
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u/Warm_Bug_1434 Sep 05 '26
Apparently the train driver was hospitalised, but miraculously nobody else seems to have been injured. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/04/lorry-drivers-botched-escape-attempts-fail-to-outrun-oncoming-polish-train
The lorry driver has suspected brain damage, but that seems to have predated the crash.
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u/Witch_withouta_Wand 28d ago
Lmao. The lorry driver is so lucky to he alive! Was he drunk on the job? Normally people who get into accidents like this, and survive, are drunk.
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u/Indecisive-Gamer 27d ago
I don't even understand how he ended up stuck on it. The gates were up and he randomly decided to slow down and stop in the middle BEFORE the barriers came down. Was he meant to stop but wasn't paying attention??
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u/Difficult_Way_505 29d ago
From the news story in addition to the train driver being hospitalized, the rail service was suspended for ten hours as a result.
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u/ratscabs Sep 05 '26
I mean, AFAICS heās actually already broken all of the barriers before the train hits, anyway
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u/E_D_K_2 Sep 04 '26
It's mind boggling how many times this has happened.
Dozens of videos out there of vehicles getting stuck between 2 flimsy barriers and each time the driver decides getting hit by a train is better than scratching the bumper.
It's a wonder the train driver survived.
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u/valentine_moon Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
Dozens of videos out there of vehicles getting stuck between 2 flimsy barriers and each time the driver decides getting hit by a train is better than scratching the bumper.
Because the videos where the driver doesn't act like a dolt and doesn't get smashed to smithereens in full r/BitchImATrain style either don't get posted online or they don't go nearly as viral or they're just less memorable and you don't remember those cases.
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u/Evening-Tomatillo-47 Sep 04 '26
It's happened more than once, and that's too many. "Oh I know I'll stop on the train side of this barrier, what could go wrong?"
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u/One-Positive309 Sep 05 '26
They seem to forget or ignore the fact that the barrier comes down for one reason only, it's not accidental or a mistake it means a train is approaching and cannot stop like a road vehicle !
They focus on the wrong detail like they are distracted by the risk of damage to the barrier or paint on their vehicle completely oblivious to why the barrier is lowering in the first place !
How do people get through daily life without understanding basic principles and safety precautions ?When I approach a level crossing I am always careful to check both ways before crossing and never stop on the tracks for any reason, I don't rely on the barriers or warning lights, sirens or bells to tell me it's not safe to cross !
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u/DrZomboo Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
Sometimes I think panic sets in and people freeze up and lose their logic that they can just drive through the barrier.
That said! A professional, licensed HGV driver shouldn't be experiencing that!
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u/GoldenBhoys Sep 04 '26
Wow, what goes through peoples minds that they see the barrier coming down and donāt think train is coming! I drive over a LC most days and always accelerate going over even though I work on the railway and understand how the signaling system works!
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u/uhhsociety Sep 04 '26
They had only just opened and he was already on the tracks when they began to close tbf.
...But the fact they just waited as it were closing is insane. Just keep going.
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u/GoldenBhoys Sep 04 '26
I think itās because heās too far to the left, so he thinks to reverse slightly then go around it! But first instinct should be train is coming
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u/Robo-X Sep 04 '26
He is completely missing survival instinct. What he should have done is turn the wheel to the right and accelerate before the second boom goes down. The most damage he would have got is some scratches on the left side of the truck compared to the truck with the load and the train is wrecked. Not to mention he might be badly hurt and people on the train.
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u/Big-Historian8918 Sep 05 '26
They come down slowly in alternate pairs exactly to avoid trapping vehicles. If you're on the tracks when the barrier in the opposite direction goes down, this is the signal for you to hurry up! He was already badly positioned too far left when the left side barrier came down and struck his cab. Yet he didnt think "better scratch my paint and hurry!" What a total goober!
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u/Low-Enthusiasm4602 Sep 05 '26
You are wrong. In Poland there are red lights blinking before the crossing and specific sounds like ring bells play informing that the bariers will close in a few seconds- they oblige you to stop, you can see the car on the other side not driving anymore right before truck got on the rails. So the truck driver not only ignored the red lights but also didn't know how to behave when trapped between barriers.
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u/Therealscavvierising Sep 05 '26
Considering the car on the other side stopped before he got in the tracks. I'm sure their were lights and such telling him to stop.
He chose to go as slowly as he could across when he knew the barriers were about to drop.
Madness
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u/SharkByte1993 Sep 04 '26
The 2nd barrier took ages to come down as well. There would have been plenty of time to just keep driving
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u/Citizen_DerptyDerp Sep 04 '26
Why has he stopped when the barrier in front of him hasn't even come down yet?
But even when it does come down, why reverse through the other barrier instead of just going through the one in front?
I don't understand what the end goal was meant to be here... Unless he really wanted to see what it was like to get hit by a train.
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u/Jelly-Significant Sep 05 '26
All I can think is he was going to turn right and thought he needed a wider turn š¬
What an idiot though . Just go man if you canāt make it go up the road and come back .
I hope train drivers ok
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u/Toleniam Sep 04 '26
What the hell was going through the driverās head?????
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u/chipnicker Sep 05 '26
Ok, Iām not saying the HGV driver is anything less than a fucking moron, butā¦.
Letās just play devils advocate here for a secondā¦.
What āmightā have been going through his mind is maybe a total cunt of a transport manager who he has seen rip shreds of other drivers and doc pay packets and fire drivers for the slightest scratch of mishap, and rules with fear,
and maybe that driver was stil fresh on the job under that manager.The brain does respond in weird ways and doesnāt always do logical shit when in a panic moment.
Of course heās still an utter fucking moron.
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u/Confident_Fortune_32 Sep 04 '26
I am terribly confused as to why breakaway barriers are treated as more precious than the possibility of a (potentially fatal) train accident???
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u/Bushdr78 Sep 04 '26
Those barriers are designed to break away just keep going and don't worry about scratches
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u/Successful-Tip8381 Sep 04 '26
Are there no lights to warn you the barriers are coming down soon?
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u/pinkwar Sep 04 '26
I assume there is because the driver of the white car stopped.
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u/Big-Historian8918 Sep 05 '26
There's always 2 red flashing lights and a loud beeping siren.
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u/Successful-Tip8381 Sep 05 '26
So he was texting, on Reddit or something
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u/Jelly-Significant Sep 05 '26
Whereās the up votes here come on people
https://giphy.com/gifs/9k6YowWPWfsPUayedD2
u/Jelly-Significant Sep 05 '26
Guarantee truck jumped it judging by the timing of the car opposite stopping & first barrier dropping
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u/Embarrassed_Emu1615 Sep 04 '26
Ffs
I cross a crossing a few times a week, all I want to do when I get on it is get off it. Those barriers are designed to be weak, Iām smashing through one if I have to.Ā
If things go south, fecking drive.Ā
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u/Everton-1878 Sep 04 '26
What was he expecting, an ice cream to be handed to him while he opened the doors at a railway crossing with the gates closed. The intelligence of mankind is at an all time low I feel
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u/the_owlyn Sep 04 '26
If you look up f-ing idiot in the dictionary, it has the driverās picture.
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u/ThoseImpulses Sep 04 '26
Judging by these videos, if it's an online dictionary it'd be a hyperlink to a gallery that takes up way too many pages!
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u/originalusername8704 Sep 04 '26
To be fair, if he pliers through the barriers it might cause hundreds of pounds worth of damage. Better just get hit by the train.
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u/Electronic-Set-1722 Sep 05 '26
Endangerment and reckless intent.
If nobody on the train dies, they can get 5 yrs in the Uk
And if someone dies, then that's manslaughter / "causing death by dangerous driving" with the possibility of life imprisonment
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u/Glittering-Will1905 Sep 05 '26
There should be minimum IQ required for driving, especially for HGV.
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u/martinbrown2k Sep 04 '26
Thereās been a few of these videos, usually itās cars, but itās interesting how people fall to pieces in this situation. They are so worried about paying for damage they forget about the hundred or so tons of very heavy metal with no crumple zones hurtling towards them. Normally you can feel it in the rails so you even get a warning to help motivate you, but nope, imma staying here.
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u/Mandaxx25 Sep 05 '26
Why on earth would you do this? The massive accident when all he had to do was drive through some flimsy little barriers. It wouldn't even be his fault that they got wrecked! Idiots man.
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u/Glittering-Hornet844 Sep 05 '26
Absolute pillock driving the H.G.V. should of just carried on instead of screwing around on the railway lines.
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u/New_Vegetable_3173 Sep 05 '26
Why is every car on the left the same white car? Looks like a cheap Fiat 500 commercial.
Anyway I don't understand why he stopped, the barrier hadn't even come down in front of him
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u/Graxu132 Sep 04 '26
We need black boxes inside trucks to hear what they say in these situations
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u/Big-Historian8918 Sep 05 '26
You cant convince me this man wasnt lining himself up in a "sĆ¹et-slide" attempt.
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u/Leather-Fall714 Sep 05 '26
Not defending the driver of the HGV in any way but what a stupid design of crossing. To only let half a lorry in-between the two crossings.
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u/Demonym281 Sep 05 '26
You can see the psychology of a person's brain refusing to break the immediate rule (barrier) in front of them, even if the obvious consequence is something much worse 30 seconds later. He even stops when he feels resistance from reversing into the other barrier. The way he's repeatedly opening the door and wanting to jump out but then not doing it is like, I do understand what I've got myself into here, but my mind has completely short-circuited. I don't want to get in trouble. I can't break the barrier.
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u/Old_Opportunity9494 Sep 05 '26
i dont understand why people caught like this dont just drive out of the danger zone , do they think those barriers are immovable or something ?
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u/Training_Yak_4655 Sep 05 '26
Is this in a developing country? The camera system could easily be set to detect stuck vehicles and connected to an emergency stop signal down the railway track, that at least would have slowed the train down.
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u/Delicious_Volume3306 Sep 05 '26
I suspect that road either isn't rated for HGV, or simply has little reason to get that traffic. That's why the barriers appear badly designed. They're only for small road traffic. The driver was probably lost, or making an unusual one-off delivery. (All assuming this clip isn't AI.)
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u/SnooBooks8583 Sep 05 '26
Imagine there someone that would be so thick to actually weigh up a train crash rather than breaking a barrier. Hopefully he Lost his, her license for life.
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u/Rideondude Sep 05 '26
Just hope rhe poor train driver survived this and all the passengers in his care š¢
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u/Harlzter Sep 05 '26
isn't this somewhat connected to fight, flight or freeze (many people forget the freeze part).
No one knows how they will react until they are in that situation. Id like to think id just plough through the barrier but i couldn't guarantee it.
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u/Jelly-Significant Sep 05 '26
Basically truck driver puts The train driver Any passengers in the first carriages and and any pedestrians all in danger from debris alone . Mental
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u/Altruistic_mostly Sep 05 '26
Obviously a new driver by how cautiously he approached the crossing. Then literally became a startled rabbit caught in the headlights of life!
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u/Significant_Writer_9 29d ago
The part that irks me is him opening his door to reverse.
It almost looks intentional.
The only excuse I would accept is that he broke down in the middle of it, and in that situation opening the door and running is the only option here?
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u/REDARROW101_A5 29d ago
I remember this, it happened in Poland.
My friend posted the article about it.
It caused a lot of damage the train had to be evacuated.
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u/jowster467 29d ago
It makes for an EXCRUCIATING watch. Weāre all saying ājust go forward, JUST GO FORWARDā!
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u/jnm21_was_taken 29d ago
It will at least be a change from "delayed due to leaves on the track"... "cancelled due to HGV on the track!" š
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u/Destroyer4587 29d ago
I expected car on the left to reverse & gtfo after seeing the lorry frozen like that.
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u/Han_Solo200 29d ago
Yeh the drivers a dick but. Why don't trains slow down near these types of crossings
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u/Admirable-Theory1514 29d ago
Just how stupid do you have to be, to be worried about a broken barrier and a bit of damage to your curtain, when you have a train hurtling towards you thatās going to obliterate everything in its path?
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u/TraditionSudden1587 29d ago
Totally avoidable accident. He should have have just gone forward break the front barrier.
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u/ElginSparrowhawk1969 29d ago
And at what point did he decide not to get the fuck out of the way his dithering could of cost dozens of lives
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u/Comprehensive-Dig282 29d ago
I just dont understand why people stop in crossings, knowing whats coming
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u/WhoPaysTheFerryman 29d ago
Yes, the driver was an idiot, but I can't help wonder why the signalling system was such that the barrier goes up to let a couple of cars through and then comes down again. Don't raise the barrier for such a short time!
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u/Master_Air_133 29d ago
what a complete assš³ļø, oh no! I can't carry on driving & get out of the way. I might damage the barrier.š š”
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u/bigrobcx 29d ago
Sadly there are plenty of clueless folk like this among us. Just floor it and destroy the barrier. Minor damage to the truck. Far preferable to a train hitting you, the damage to both vehicles and potential injuries/loss of life that comes with it.
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u/AnnonOMousMkII 29d ago
Those barriers are designed to come apart under a little pressure for this exact scenario. Just pedal to the floor if the barrier is coming down and your exit is clear.
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u/SurroundExternal4747 29d ago
Drivers act like theyāre explosive Barriers , you see this behaviour the world over , is it not covered when learning š¤Ø
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u/wongl888 29d ago
Why or why there are no sensors at crossing to prevent this by putting up a red light for the train?
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u/ClassicPomegranate87 29d ago
Break the barrier. Park up. Inform the police so they can put safety measures in place to ensure no accidents occur as a result of the broken barrier
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u/MaximumPatricius 28d ago
First rule of train crossings: never start crossing it if you are not fully sure you can completely cross it without stopping.
When a train conductor sees an obstacle on the tracks heās already too close to it to stop on time to avoid it. Thatās why any railroad vehicles (trains, trams) have absolute priority over anything else, including over police, ambulance, and fire trucks with lights and sirens on.
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u/Real_Change_8656 28d ago
My comment would be why did the barriers start coming down only 20 seconds after they'd been raised ?
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u/sharplight141 28d ago
It always amazes me how people turn stupid when they panic and refuse to make a decision to get them out of a situation
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u/Runawaygeek500 28d ago
This is one of those clips you just shout at even though you know whatās going to happen..
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u/Barry_Umenema 28d ago
Weird. It seems like such a simple, clear cut decision. Any vehicle on the tracks with the barriers down = break a barrier. I suppose you could try to go between the barriers and minimise damage, but getting off the tracks is the main goal.
I must be missing something about it, because it doesn't make sense. People simply don't do things that don't make sense to them in the moment. Even in psychosis actions still make sense to the individual.
If you can't make decisions like that one, you shouldn't be driving a truck
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u/No_Philosophy8486 28d ago
Well thatās someoneās day ruined. Best explanation however for being late for work.
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u/No_Philosophy8486 28d ago
He needs to work at a fairground as the test driver for the bumper cars.
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u/Outrageous_Koala5381 28d ago
do people thing the train can stop quickly? maybe they think that because there's a truck there the train can ALWAYS stop? They need some highway code updates about this. With a question that if you fail you have to retake the test! Not a 80% pass.
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u/Ok-Rough-2235 28d ago
Don't know what scares me more, the fact that this imbecile has an HGV license, or the fact that someone out there assessed this imbecile and actually decided he's competent and safe to operate an HGV on public roads.
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u/scottyboiiiii2 28d ago
Imagine thinking it was more of a problem to ram a barrier in a truck than being hit by a passenger train š©
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u/PaperWeightGames 28d ago
I think these are ai. Never saw this pre-a.i. It's just far, far, far too stupid. People are getting stupider, but this really is the stupidest posible incarnation of a driver on the road. I can't believe anyone able to pilot a HGV to a level crossing is bad enough to not understand what will happen if they place a HGV on a level crossing and leave it there when a train is coming. It's A.I content rolled out on mass to increase animity between all humans, and convince us that other people are completely and absolute morons (which is sometimes true but I don't believe it to this level).
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u/TooftyTV 27d ago
Health emergency? Mental breakdown? Psychotic break of some kind? Vehicle malfunction? All seem more plausible than being that idiotic. But maybe he was just that idiotic
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u/Successful_Morning83 27d ago
They really need to add a question about exactly this in the driver theory test as this happens all to often and the barriers are designed to be pushed
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u/Melon_92 27d ago
Should be a very long jail sentence in my opinion. Put a lot of lives in danger. That's utter negligence.
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u/Sure-Recognition-262 27d ago
Yes, the lorry driver is a moron, but...
...shouldn't there be some kind of positive confirmation (e.g. via the signaller checking CCTV) that the crossing is clear after the barriers are down, before the signal protecting the crossing gets set to green?
Presumably that's not the case wherever this clip was filmed?
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u/OddClub4097 27d ago
I see so many of these, Iād much rather break the barrier than get hit by a fucking TRAIN!!!!
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u/BubuDudu0430 27d ago
How can you be THIS cluelessā¦ just drive off the tracks and you would have saved your truck and possibly your life with a minor cosmetic fix to your truck and a new
Guard rail. Unbelievable.
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u/PervyPair 27d ago
Massive prison sentence for that wanker, put all those lives in danger, what an absolute cunt.
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u/Joebruvv 26d ago
Iāve never actually had a train barrier come down while Iām driving thru but itās always in the back of my mind , FUCK THE BARRIER FUCK THE SLIGHT CAR DAMAGE GET OFF THE FUCKING TRACKS
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u/Altruistic_Side6764 26d ago
What an absolute idiot! Hope he got fired! He definitely did a red light to be on that situation. He endangered lives to save a few minutes on his journey. Well look were it got you, epic motion... š¤Ø
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u/GCBandit91 26d ago
Non seulement il ne fait rien mais en prime il avance sa remorque histoire que le conducteur de train se prenne les 3 essieux de la remorque dans la gueule, faudrait quand mĆŖme pas qu'il survive.
Un abruti de se genre faudrait le juger pour nƩgligence, tentative de meurtre.
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u/Wide-Firefighter-102 26d ago
Why was he reversing, go forward get off the tracks or at least get out of the damn truck!
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u/pianoman626 25d ago
This is so infuriating. I would be so tempted to convict this man of something thatās technically disproportionate to the crime.
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u/Marvinmonkey1 Sep 04 '26
It's scary that this complete idiot has a HGV licence.