There's obviously a problem with the crossing.

That crossing does it all the time

Look how some of the drivers got confused when the barriers didn’t come down and then decided to go through oblivious to the danger they are in

lick my toes

What would cause the barriers to hangman? I hope that the crossing has been fixed now.

0:27 crossing acts up 2:35 barriers play hangman

This crossing has literally done the same thing again just a few days ago. Luckily it only stayed in that state for 2 minutes and the lights just went out

Isn't that crossing actually controlled by the signal box right next door (the building on the right of the picture)? Just poke a head out of the window. As it's a CCTV crossing they would know the barriers were stuck open regardless of location, and there's interlocking so you can't set the signals for trains across the crossing to clear until it is confirmed closed. Black car was also an idiot for attempting to pull out and overtake on a solid white line.

I'm a train driver and can confirm that you can drive trains across the crossing while the barriers are up as long as the lights are flashing. Red means stop, if you think they are broken then there is a telephone right there at the crossing (yellow box with handset inside) and all this information is in the highway code (Rule 293 & 294) The fact that virtually no-one commenting here and certainly none of the drivers know the highway code is extremely worrying.

Well done with that phonecall! 👏🏻

Some people are stupid

Any bass?

In bright sunlight people mightn't see the lights or hear the alarms.

fantastic stuff guys

You called the police for nothing, karen.

Why didn't someone just put the handbrake on, put their car in park, and phone the signaller from the phone box at the crossing? You know, like you're supposed to do?

Commendable. That's called being obedient to a faulty.

Stupid wait for the over 10 minutes .......crazy gate stopping

Probably shunting happening. Happens all the time in the San Fernando Valley. If the barrier is up, we just go. Doesn't happen on the main line.

Would never go though a crossing with warning light like that myself irrespective of if the barriers were down or not, I'm paranoid. But that was a really long gap between the lights starring to flash and them coming down.

The Crossing Controller had an obsession with flashing 📸 lights

Seems that a lot of crossings in Europe close down way, way ahead of time. I suspect that this is part of the reason for people pushing their luck.

I don't think that I'd wait so long. But i'd simply turn around and look for an alternative path. Hope there is one.

Awesome!

10 minutes for the lights to be flashing seems a long time especially with the slow train speed .

Great video quality! (Seriously, this is bad even for 10 years ago)

What a bunch of dipshits. DOES NOBODY HAVE COMMON SENSE?!

I'm guessing either the crossing malfunctioned or the signaler activated the lights and alarm in error and did not realise it until a train was due ten minutes later. Probably the latter.

I think those cars were too close to the barriers so the barriers wouldn't go down because there's some in the way

I never seen a problem like this before

We never have to wait more than 4 minutes on our local crosing... 10 & half minutes is too long, no wonder drivers got impatient.!

Hangman!

_patience is a virtue_

How far out (and deep) is it please? Could I do it with a snorkel?

Several years ago in the Netherlands, a lack of patience at a railway crossing cost a woman and her small child their lives...

Why the hell do I keep getting these damned English videos where they're driving on the wrong side of the road in my recommended? What the hell?

This happened to me once (in America). The lights were flashing but no train in sight. The crossing was obviously malfunctioning. Some people went through the crossing. I made a U turn and turned around and went a different way avoiding the crossing entirely.

It’s not reasonable that the people in charge of the barriers make others wait ten or fifteen minutes before they can cross.

Then they are stuck behind a dozy cyclist.

when lights go off a split second later the gates SHOULD go down it works that way in NA Why not here?

I live in Budleigh Salterton

I can see the driver of the truck and the car both going through on red

I believe there was a mechanical problem with the barriers that is probably why the barriers on the level crossing weren’t going down they were stuck in the up position

The rules are when the red lights are flashing u must always wait behind the line and never jump the red light because that’s when the trains collide with the vehicle u are driving

I can see the drivers turning around and the Ford Focus infront of your car almost turned around

Here it is illegal to cross the tracks when the red light is flashing even if the train has stopped way down the track.

i went home and made a rhubarb pie

Es Malasia

Click bait!!! 🤬

most mind numbing stupidest and ridiculous test i've ever seen. Just proved what everyone already no.....some people will wait as long as it takes and some wont