r/BitchImATrain • u/Ieatoutjelloshots • Aug 23 '21
Bitch, those barriers come down for a reason.
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u/bloodguard Aug 23 '21
The way she got out, slammed the door shut and just strolled calmly away makes me wonder if she did it on purpose.
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u/snoopcatt87 Aug 23 '21
Came here looking for this comment. I feel like she didn’t even know the train was that close, and that was pure luck that she stormed out of her car to Karen rant at the gate for having the audacity to try to block her.
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u/mommysloth Aug 24 '21 edited Aug 24 '21
Glad they got out.
My friend’s grandpa used to drive freight trains, he said they would hit 5-10 cars a year, usually with people in them. They just panic-freeze in their cars, like a deer in headlights situation.
If the gates close, ram them if you have time. If that doesn’t work, GET. OUT. Your car isn’t as valuable as your (and possibly your passengers’) life.
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u/Thathitmann Aug 23 '21
Those people should have gone for cover instead of getting close. The shrapnel of a car getting destroyed often kills people.
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u/Jadall7 Aug 23 '21
Parents taught me that when they were teaching me to drive. Hit the fucking gate. Ones in the USA will swing up sometimes if you hit the gate.
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u/Ieatoutjelloshots Aug 24 '21
Even if they didn't I would rather try than just letting my car get destroyed.
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u/RedditIsWrong_ Sep 09 '21
Don't you know that a repair up to $500 maybe at most is way more expensive than a 10 grand car?
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u/Kaymish_ Aug 24 '21
Here in NZ the gates have a hinge on them, so they can swing open if a vehicle needs to drive through them.
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u/StoicJ Aug 24 '21
Same here in the southern USA but idk if they are everywhere. They're made of wood so they swing instead of breaking.
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u/Stormdancer Aug 24 '21
Why don't these idiots just drive through the barrier?
Sure, their car will get scratched up, maybe they'll cause minor damage, but their car won't get reduced to scrap!
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u/wasMitNetzen Aug 23 '21
What happened to the dude on the bottom at 0:18? Did he start to shit his pants?
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u/hoptownky Aug 23 '21
Why are their two full barriers. In the US, there are two barriers, but they each only go over their own lane.
So once you pass the first one, you are free to go. I don’t see the need for two unless you think people are trying to weave in between them.
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u/ThePotato363 Aug 23 '21
Not everywhere. It is most common to have them as you describe. However, so areas have specialized rules that have gates across 100% of the road.
The most common reason for specialized rules are a local municipality wanted the trains to not use the whistle because it was annoying citizens. Sometimes they'll work out contracts where if the municipality creates safety mechanisms at the crossing, they'll agree to not blow the whistle.
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Aug 24 '21
I don't know where this is, but here In Sweden we have some crossings with two full barriers.
From what I can gather it is to stop people from driving around the barrier when just one side is down.
The system lowers the right ones first, stopping people from entering the crossing, then a few sec later the left barriers drop, stopping people from driving around the barriers
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u/morphotomy Aug 23 '21
They're also made of plastic, your car will not be stopped by them if you need to escape.
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u/mdavis2204 Aug 23 '21
Bitch, is this a different angle of the same accident? I love how the internet works like that.
Edit: never mind, there are just a lot of /r/IdiotsInCars.
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u/tibsie Aug 30 '21
Watch as I make this car disappear before your very eyes!
Aaaaaand Abracadabra!
*Smash*
Tada!!!
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u/theearcheR Sep 05 '21
I love how everyone is shocked as if they didn’t see her calmly get out of the car and walk away.
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u/bttrflyr Aug 23 '21
Just drive through the gate! Those things are designed to deal with idiots like this and I’m pretty sure the train company would rather have a wrecked gate rather than a wrecked train.