You mean we're supposed to stop for pedestrians?

[bunrotha]

Yeah, that kind of thing usually resolves itself for the betterment of the gene pool...

Fortunately, some folk think just fast enough.

Two trucks, six wheel cement mixers. The rear truck broke down empty, a hundred m or so from a level crossing, front truck sent with a drawbar to go tow in the casualty.

These trucks have automatic gearboxes, so pull away quite slowly. Slowly enough, it turns out, that they can't make it clear across the level crossing without the second set of barriers coming down *between the two trucks.* The lights/sirens must have been busted, say the drivers, as they didn't hear anything.

Front driver realises the predicament his mate is in, stuck on the crossing, and does the sensible thing- boots it, pulling the barrier clean off.

Rail PR droid went on the local TV news, and accused the truckers of.... racing. Tachographs made short work of that lie. Cashier at the garage by the crossing confirmed the lack of sirens. Health and Safety gave both barrels to rail folk, I gather.

Waiting outside the post office one day I was wanting to cross the street in the crosswalk. I never just walk out because the idiots just fly past even though it's PA law for them to stop. The local cop was at the red light and watched a guy just fly right past me waiting in the crosswalk. Cop flicked on his lights and idiot got pulled over. Boo YA!

The railrozzers (BTP) round my way have got themselves a CCTV van with camera on a pole, expressly to catch people running level crossings now. The crossing nearest me, because of the yellow box junction one side, and signal-controlled junction round the bend on the other side- you won't see them until you deserve the ticket. Sadly, the van can't see the pedestrian crossing at the lights, so those infractions go unpunished.