Railway Crossing STUPIDITY

Woman killed at rail crossing
16 March 2006. 09.54 AM
ALWYNNE GWILT
STAFF REPORTER
A 27-year-old woman is dead after a VIA train collided with her vehicle at a railway crossing yesterday morning west of Acton.
The victim was hit by the westbound passenger train as she was crossing the tracks at Highway 7 and Dublin Line around 11.40 a.m.
She was later pronounced dead at the Georgetown hospital in Halton.
The car was dragged about one kilometre down the tracks from the crossing, Halton police said.
"It was just crushed pretty much; there wasn't very much left of it," said Beth Macleod, an Acton resident who drove by the scene later in the day.
The 10-year resident said she hasn't seen an accident like this in the area before.
"It had been dragged so far," she said.
The crossing doesn't have any barriers to warn drivers of an oncoming train, Macleod said.
"The bell rings and the lights flash, but there are no arms that come down," she said.

('Duuhhh ... What are those flashing lights and loud bells for? Duuuuuhhh ... What is that giant red X for? Uhhh ... should I go? Duuuuhh ... Bob waitin' for his beer, eh? So I should go')

The issue of safety at rail crossings without barriers has been debated in the past.

(The stupidity of people when they approach railway crossings should be debated).