Hi, Fred,

I'll have to memorize this phrase . This is exactly my opinion, too - natural selection is inevitable. Seems to me that some people have lost their sense for danger or maybe never been tought it.

The difference to the US is, that over here you cannot gain anything in court being a winner of this kind of award.

Best

MS 800

This only proves my point about ca.1/2 of our country, Fred. They are dumber than dirt! Cheers,Peter

In Denmark most crossings are being closed and replaced by bridges or the road is simply closed. There are still a lot of crossings left, but the most dangerous of them are heavily guarded with crossing gates and lights. There are disrespectful people who ignores this and if they get run over by the train, well, that's their bad luck. You do not win a lawsuit, if you fall into the "common sense should have told you otherwise"-category. It does not help you if you are drunk, you might even get a fine for your behaviour, should you live to tell the tale.

The engine driver on the other hand is sent to sessions with a therapist to learn to deal with the traumatic experience - fully paid for of course.


What was the reason for the outcome to turn in favor of the "Darwin Winner"? Because normally a warning sign should be sufficient. If you warn against possible lethal dangers with signs and yet still risk being convicted if someone ignores them, you might as well just stop doing business.

Hi despondent ones,

We had a case in this country some years ago of a burglar who sought to break into a warehouse through the roof. Whilst walking across the roof he fell through a skylight with injuries and successfully sued the warehouse owner.

Where are we headed in this world?

Regards,

PJ

Dutch railways NS/Prorail try to do away with level crossings as much as possible,just to try and prevent collisions with vehicles and people.
Main reasons for delayed trains on our dense railwaynetwork are:

A. False fire alarms in railwaytunnels,mainly around Rotterdam and Amsterdam Schiphol airport

B. Socalled accidents involving a person,in plain language: suicide.

Last week there was a deadly accident with a socalled beerbike,it got stuck on a level crossing with warningbells sounding and beams going down.
One person was not able to leave the bike in time and was killed by the approaching train at full speed.
A beerbike accomodates a number of people drinking from a tabletop whilst at the same time pushing the bike.
There is a debate whether these vehicles should be allowed on the public roads,like normal pushbikes.

The latter picture shows a most unfortunate accident at Teuge,Holland,were a person in a car decided to commit suicide and wait for the train to pass,he succeeded.
The result was demolished track and overheadlines,severe damage to the train,and a seriously disrupted schedule for over a week.,
The train itself was the least worry,these older cummutertrains are about to be scrapped anyway.
It is the socalled Material 64 (1964),a rather noisy (brakes) but popular traintype,able to withstand the harsh Dutch winters.