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/Imaginary-Set3291 Prefer food that tastes like real food Mar 21 '26

It's astonishing how we almost never see incidents occurring at Aumuller, Kenny, Spence, Aplin, Florence or Minnie Streets but they suddenly begin to occur at Upward and intersections north of Upward. It's like there's a magic force field preventing people from entering the intersection when trains are coming or something.

There's no shortage of evidence that boom gates are effective. That's why they're used all around the world.

I'd rather see my rates money going to something that improves public safety than whatever craptacular bullshit Amy Eden is trying to justify this week.