What train?

An inexperienced driver in Tasmania is hiding his red face after wrecking his Toyota Hilux pick-up truck in a recent accident. The inattentive driver crashed into a moving train at an unguarded crossing equipped with warning lights and bells.
February 21, 2012 Read time: 1 min
An inexperienced driver in Tasmania is hiding his red face after wrecking his Toyota Hilux pick-up truck in a recent accident. The inattentive driver crashed into a moving train at an unguarded crossing equipped with warning lights and bells. An examination of the safety equipment showed that the audible and visual warnings were functioning at the time of the accident. The locomotive driver brought the undamaged train to a halt immediately after the incident. Luckily the driver of the Toyota was unharmed, although his vehicle was wrecked beyond repair. Exactly how he managed to miss being aware of the train or the crossing warnings has yet to be explained. It is reported that his car radio was playing loudly prior to the incident but it is not clear if the volume was set so eye-poppingly high as to interfere with his vision.

Related Content

  • Slow down! Too many UK speeders being caught.
    February 19, 2015
    The UK’s police forces have been working with local communities to keep a watchful camera eye on speeders tearing up quiet village streets and suburban roads. The Community Speed Watch programme has successfully enabled volunteers to raise awareness of the dangers of speeding and poor driving. Many use hand-held cameras and speed-guns connected to warning signs to let drivers know they are breaking the law. Sometimes car details are noted and handed to the police which successfully prosecute the offending d
    Read More
  • Hanwha on the Pedemontana Veneta
    November 1, 2022
    The need for a motorway to link the cities of Vicenza and Treviso in northern Italy emerged in the 1970s as the Venetian countryside became increasingly urbanised. Meanwhile, the enlargement of the European Union to the east in the 1990s also brought more traffic across the region
    Read More
  • IRF Far East road safety training
    February 8, 2012
    For the past two decades, road safety advocates have faced an uphill battle of convincing governments of the very real epidemic of road fatalities and to invest resources to combat the carnage. And after several years of awareness campaigns, most, if not all, public road officials now agree that the world's roads must be safer.
    Read More
  • Radar for safety
    March 1, 2012
    A new radar system from Brigade is aimed at reducing on-site accidents, boosting safety and minimising repair costs through collisions.
    Read More

Highlighted Content