Level Crossing Safety Highlighted Following Truck and Train Collision
People are being warned about the dangers of failing to slow down at rail level crossings. The joint message from rail freight operator Pacific National and NSW Police follows an increase in dangerous driving around level crossings over the last 6 months.There has been a rise in the number of motorists including B-Double truck drivers failing to slow down and stop at rail level crossings.
It is more difficult for a train driver to stop a locomotive than it is for a car or truck to stop, with long freight trains traveling at 100km/hour taking 2km to come to a complete stop, after seeing the other vehicle failing to stop at the level crossing.
Pacific National released 2 videos showing incidents where drivers were unavoidably involved in 2 separate collisions when vehicles failed to stop at level crossings.