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I think that the lights alone give the train right of way. Also, a bit of common sense is required. Clearly that driver will be a Reform voter - all promises and no delivery!

If you mean the DHL driver he will almost certainly be self-emploed and not a union member! But you clearly have a downer on Unions. Why?

I will stick my neck out and suggest that he is the type who thinks that trades unions are pointless and a waste of money. Pretty much the same as his attitude to warning sounds and flashing lights...

only a couple of hours I thnk

It’s in the title… barrier fail 😂

@@tfairley1187 Oh gawd, I totally missed that lol 😂

You know - I never noticed till you mentioned it? Oops.

The van driver had a little Yank in him too.....driving in front of trains is a regular occurrence in the US, often with deadly results. Just search on 'Brightline' in Florida for examples

It's a horrible design like most modern trains

@@kevingraham2733 No it's not.

It’ll use the other end of the train to get electric

For third rail trains there are pickup shoes at either end of the train alleviating that issue.

Many of the trains in this region are driver-only operated.

In the UK, we have many types of crossing, and at some, such as an MCB-CCTV, MCB-OD or AHB, a train would not normally be allowed to pass over the crossing unless it had been flagged across if the barriers had failed to lower or were missing. This looks like an AOCL that has been retrofitted with barriers (making it an AOCL+B). These are crossings that would normally only have lights and are found on lightly used rural lines with lower speeds where they pass over quieter roads. Because of some misuse by motorists, most of them are being upgraded to have barriers as well, but these aren’t interlocked with the signalling, instead that little signal on the left hand side of the line just before the crossing will indicate to the driver if the road lights are flashing, the klaxon is sounding and the barriers are down. If that isn’t the case, as is here, and due to the rural nature of this type of crossing, the driver will contact the signaller and get their authority to pass the crossing. They must sound the horn as they pass the protecting signal, then continuously as they pass the crossing and must travel at a speed where they can stop before any obstruction (such as a car). The signaller is likely unaware that the level crossing has failed, as AOCL are not normally linked to the overall signalling systems, but will be now they have been informed by the driver, and a local signalling response team will be despatched (which is what I do for a living). The DHL driver has committed a road traffic offence by passing a flashing red road light.

LMAO

I’m guessing the driver waved for the van to cross due to the van stopping then going

Really? 85% of people in England were born in England (probably more where this is filmed) and British drivers are not all patient law abiding saints.

I get regular DHL pickups and deliveries, I'd say more than 90% of those drivers are British born and raised, same for Parcelforce and UPS the same cannot be said for a number of other couriers e.g DPD some of who cannot even find a house number when there are less than 50 addresses in the lane. Most of the couriers work on a stupidly tight schedule though

@@rickfarny 2021 census say in that part of East Anglia 94% were born in the UK

Assuming the lights were working. It's always possible the only thing working was the sound alert, if the barriers failed you can't guarantee something else didn't fail as well. But sure the sensible thing to do if you see a train stopped at a Level Crossing and the barriers aren't down is to stop and wait. But we also didn't see the DHL van approach, so it could have been the situation that the train had already been sitting there for 5-10 minutes & the DHL van came to a complete stop and waited briefly before checking that the train wasn't actually moving & proceeded through the crossing.

@@CoolSteve08 It's not likely as the lights and alarm are on the same, original, circuit. The barrier pack is a bolt-on.

The train had a bad curry, the night before

A loud one

Angry

Loud...and angry.....must be American 😅

Oulton broad gravel pit crossing

@@pauljohnson4590 cool thanks. Subbed

Drop it, hide it, lose it.

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No the Driver's angry !

@@Sam_Green____4114 Thank you, lieutenant Obvious, you make a fine contribution

@@jess.hawkins Let me guess you're pretending to be a lady are you !? A shave might help mate !

Hate the crossing horns. Remind me never to live next to a crossing like that.

It's a safety precaution because there will be people who want to save about 30 seconds of their time by risking their lives

There was so little interest in Lowestoft Town Council elections last year that 90% of the seats were uncontested so the vast majority of them just got their seats because nobody ran against them. Says it all really.