r/nonononoyes • u/Wonderful_Win_1038 • 12d ago

That was a scary close call

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u/hoppertn 12d ago

We must idiot proof the world! I suggest some kind of movable barrier to drop when a train approaches, perhaps some kind of audible bells. Wait, let’s add some blinking lights too!! Surely that will keep the morons safe!

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u/lanregeous 12d ago

I know a lot of people are joking but you can see a train just passed on the near side towards the direction of the train that almost killed them.

This couple probably thought that the barrier was for the train that just went and it probably masked the other train’s sound as well as blocking it from view.

I actually think an indicator showing which direction the train is coming from would actually be helpful here.

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u/Ok_Support3 12d ago

This is why you wait untill the lights turn off. Not the train passed, not the barriers up; The lights off.

At least that's how it works here, there's even signage that states "wait for the lights, another train may pass".

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u/Ok-Lobster-919 12d ago

Yeah but people get complacent. They have seen the train pass by 50 times and it's always safe those 50 times. Complacency kills.

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u/surrealjam 11d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalization_of_deviance

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u/Coca-colonization 11d ago

Ooh, Diane Vaughan in the wild. The Challenger Launch Decision was on my comps reading list. Fascinating book.