Video of busy train crossing in Bangalore
Delightful video of people hauling ass to cross the street before a high speed train crosses. I love all the different kinds of vehicles you see here: three-wheeled motorbuggies, a paralyzed man's wheeled pallet, crazily overladen motorbikes, yellow cloth-topped taxis, small trucks, and buses. (via Arbroath)
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Europe and japan laugh at the term "high speed" applied here.
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Exactly what I was thinking. I don't think people would be do daring is a high speed eurostar came through there at 180 mph.
And they lower the gates so damn long before the train actually get there.
It may be subjective - I hardly stand by RRXings with a stopwatch - but it just seems like there's more lead time on that crossing.
Of course, the complete lack of urgency with which all those people lope across the tracks in front of the advancing train is just priceless.
The curly-tailed dog was a nice touch too
@Â 1 and 2: This was exactly what I was going to say! Here's a video of a real high speed train:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=LJb-oUgSwN8
I've seen freight trains ripping through small towns in the US that would make this one look like it was standing still.
Those cool yellow cloth-topped taxis are called auto rickshaws (or autos for short)
Are they really hauling ass? It seems more like a leisurely stroll to me. I saw one, maybe two people jogging.
Video of busy train crossing in somewhere in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQnujr8QVzI
I don't think the terms "delightful" or "hauling ass" apply here. Maybe it's just me but that video was truly a snoozer and not as advertised.
That's nothing compared to the train at the tail end of this video called "5 kinds of Lucky". That's what I pictured when I read "hauling ass to cross the street before a high speed train crosses."
This might just be a self-fulfilling prophecy. By lowering the gate so far in advance, they may have created a culture of casual disregard FOR the gate. People there have been trained that the gate comes down well before its actually needed, so they disregard it. The end result is that a situation is being created where the gates actually reduce safety.
In the US, the gate comes down, and 9 times out of 10, a train follows 10 or so seconds later, at least where I live. So we stop.