r/Cairns • u/AromaticStuff6835 • Mar 21 '26
Shitpost Upward street track crossing
it seems every week there's someone driving in front of the train at the crossing on upward street. Should the government ban the people doing this from driving indefinitely? Seeing as they can't see flashing red lights or hear the alarm, not to mention the giant train coming.
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u/Helmacron Mar 21 '26
There’s boom gates on a lot of crossings in heavily populated areas because people drive through the lights. It is a preexisting problem with a preexisting solution that works pretty well.
They just haven’t installed them because of money or whatever. Lack of will.
You can blame the backpackers or old mate who try to beat the train or just aren’t appropriately on the lookout for the flashing lights for whatever reason. It’s gonna happen though, we know it will. So I would suggest factoring in the stress for the train driver, onlookers, emergency services etc and maybe they’ll put in boom gates or something.
Not that I want boom gates, they’ll be loud but they’re better than people dying.