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Cyclist at level crossing (via Laughingcow on Twitter).JPGVideo: Cyclist almost hit by train after forcing his way through level crossing gates
Police are investigating an incident in which a cyclist forced his way through closed barriers at a level crossing in south west London and was almost hit by a train.
The footage, originally posted by Twitter user Laughingcow4, was widely shared on the social network after being retweeted by broadcaster Jeremy Vine.
The level crossing at North Sheen today. Mate, the barrier is there for a reason. pic.twitter.com/LDlm2nLFRU
(via @laughingcow4)— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) May 11, 2017
Vine added: “And when this jerk has to be scraped off the front of a train, the poor driver needs counselling for years.”
The footage was shot at North Sheen station, with one onlooker who urged the man to stop receiving the reply, “I don’t f*cking care, mate.”
He then gesticulated angrily at the train as it passed within inches of him, with the driver sounding the horn.
Laughingcow4, said that the train driver performed an emergency stop, meaning that the crossing became blocked and the man, whom he described as “very aggressive,” had to carry his bike over the footbridge.
South West Trains has confirmed that British Transport Police, which regularly underlines the importance of waiting at level crossings when the barrier is down, are investigating.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Right answer for the wrong reason. He's not a cyclist because he's not riding a bike while doing the bad thing in question - at that point he's a pedestrian who happens to have a bike with him.
If we are going to group-blame, its the pedestrians who need to answer for this one.
I'd apologise on their behalf but I'm currently a member of the sitting-down community, and we sitting-downers never commit such offences. I do apologise for all the bad things people have ever done while sitting down, though.
Probably wouldn't have been tempted if the gates hadn't closed so long before the train came.
There's a level crossing near me that stays down for ages before the train arrives - I'm sure I've timed it at 8 minutes before, if not longer.
I'm pretty sure this is beacause, a few years ago, someone somehow managed to crash their car through the barriers and was hit by the train. I forget the specifics (something to do with being blinded by low sun and not seeing them rings a bell) ,but I still don't see how having the barriers down for that long makes any difference if you crash through them just in front of the train.
It's particularly bad at that crossing, as you often get trains in both directions quite close together, so once one's gone past, the barriers stay down for the one in the opposite direction.
Thus creating a situation where people know that even though the gates are closed there is a good chance that they could get across, at least sometimes, even if they needed to lift a bike over both gates. Safer?
..and the Darwin Award goes to...Knobhead from North Sheen!
No, you have to eliminate youself from the gene pool to win that award. He does get an honourable mention though.
What a chopper. The way he struggles through the gate and fumbles around after makes it look as though he's possibly had a few sherries before this moronic act.
However, the biggest problem here is that he's not wearing hi-viz or a helmet, both of which would have prevented this situation from occurring in the first place.
Looks blitzed. Taxi for that guy.
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