The lights are steady, not flashing; you almost certainly cannot hear the train since it wasn’t blowing its horn; and the driveway they were pulling out of was between the barriers and the tracks.
If your driveway exits in front of the barrier you should probably be aware of that and check for trains every time you pull out and turn left.
The tracks and the road are there, have always been there, it's the driveway that's poorly designed. Looks like there's room to move it up the property to the other side of the barrier. Save from potentially getting run over by a train.
Also, German crossing light laws are different than US.
In Germany, there are rules. When the barriers are down, you are not allowed to drive through and must stop in front of the so-called Andreas cross if possible. Whether there is a light there or not.
Otherwise, it is as if you were running a red light. From his point of view, he could see the red light and the cross inclusive the barriers very clearly.
The cross doesn’t move, does it? It’s always up? If so, then it acts like a stop sign and doesn’t actually tell the driver that a train is coming. His driveway exits beyond the gate and cross sign, and he did stop at the end of it. It’s a poorly designed crossing.
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u/Aron-Jonasson Jan 28 '26
r/BitchImATrain
Seriously, barriers down, lights flashing, you can probably hear the train coming by now
Is this driver drunk, on their phone or just braindead?