Here's a tip. When you see "white smoke" coming from a damaged railroad tank car "don't open your window to film" and evacuate now! A saying from hazmat class was "if you see me running, try to keep up."
i stil dont see the point of people standing infront of a truck to wave a train down to stop, because a train driver is really gonne see a small midget first next to a giant truck blocking the damn track
@@LeRescator1 Paired with possible eddy-current brakes. Don't know which country it is, but it's quite common that modern trains in Europe are fitted with either Eddy-current brakes or magnet brakes. Magnet brakes sure were not installed or used on that train, as that would have lead to a far more violent stop and more noise.
@LOLO / VAL Yeah, like I'm talking shit there. Magnet brakes that just drop down on the tracks and make sure for a very fast (but also very violent) stop and Eddy-current brakes (that use alternating current induced in the rails to cause friction) are very common by now, just not in every country. Eddy-current brakes for example are not allowed in my country (Netherlands) as they can disrupt the safety-systems that use track current for their functionality. Magnet brakes however are very common on Dutch (and probably European) trams and Dutch trains by now. The train at 7:40 applied those, because it would have had a completely different outcome with the normal brakes: the level crossing in question is hard to see and only gives a clear view for the train driver about 100 to 150 meters in front of it and trains there travel around 80 km/h. With the normal brakes, he would've dragged the thing for hundreds of meters. Besides the brakes, many trains in The Netherlands (and probably Europe) have ABS as well, which can significantly reduce the distance to come to a full stop. Maybe look a few things up before you start talking about things I already know.
@@ncsouthernman The problem is that those sayings usually date back to when trains only had their cast-iron or disc-brakes, which (paired with possible ABS) will take a long time to stop (ABS can already make a huge difference there). I've been on a train once that went into emergeny at 140 km/h and only had normal brakes and ABS. Besides the length it took (about 1,2 kilometer), it was also a frightening experience because you feel that every carriage just wants to go forward. It started shaking and swaying from side to side violently. Paired with the loud popping noises from the ABS and everything resonating from full braking, it was not something I would live through again (The fact it was an emergency due to an act of despair didn't help) I've experienced the magnet brakes on trams quite a few times by now and they most likely saved someones life every single time. They are so violent that it can cause harm to the passengers if they are not holding on to something (and the lighter passenger easily slides forward from a forward facing seat, thé reason I always tend to take the few available backwards facing seats). Trams can stop within their length with the magnet brakes at certain speeds and both inside and outside you will know from the bang it creates that a tram applied them ;)
NO excuse for a truck to get stuck on the tracks. Look 1st. Train coming? - Don't go. No train? Make sure the other side is clear & get a 10mph running start , then gun it across.
I love the truck drivers, like the one at 7:30 , who think the train driver will stop if they see him waving his arms, but probably won't stop if they see a *****ing great truck blocking the track!! Do they think that they are more visible than the trucks themselves?!!
This accident took place in Roermond (NL) at the local paper factory. A passer-by saw the incident filmed the crash. Fortunately, the train driver had already spotted the truck on the track and had already applied emergency braking. Incidentally, the filmer later received a hefty fine because he did not provide the necessary first aid, but continued to film and he entered the track, which could lead to a life-threatening situation. During the crash, the semi-trailer had also pulled down part of the overhead wires, which at that time still had 1900 volts alternating current on it. There was therefore a great risk of electrocution.
@@erikcreugers6759 Yeah and thank god for the magnet brakes. It would have been a totally different situation if they would not have been deployed nor fitted. Good to read the filmer got a fine for trespassing. I could understand him filming, but his total rush of wanting to get an image of the aftermath and such was disgusting. By the way ;) We don't have 1900 Volts AC, but 1800 VDC max on the overhead wires.
It's part of EU training.. You have to try and walk ahead, along the track, in an attempt to warn the oncoming train. In case you have a breakdown, near the tracks. Which direction the train is coming from, is a 50/50 chance
@@mortenfrosthansen84 Which EU-training? Can't remember I ever heard about it here: I think hardly no one knows the 'stop all motion' hand signal (in text: raise your right arm and spin the whol arm around in circular fashion: this way it's a clear signal, even at speed. The problem with that specific crash is the location: it's a very tight curve where not only the traindriver has a bad view on the crossing, but the general public has a bad view on the tracks as well. About 150 meters before the crossing is when a traindriver gets a clear view of what could be going on there. Dutch crossings give you little time: 23 seconds after the lights and bells started, the train can enter the crossing already. And being a Dutch crossing, trains from either direction are a great possibility. I only know this because a traindriver on a Dutch train-enthusiasts-forum provided pictures on the situation at scene.
@@weeardguy as a truck-/lorry-driver you have to first pass, and within 5 years attend a EU qualification course.. The 5 year course is a repetition and learning of new rules or regulations. Despite what many think, it's not that easy acquiring the license. Theory test, driving test and the EU qualification test. The theory lessons are brutal.. since there are quite a bit of rules and laws to learn.. And penalties are extremely harsh, for failing to abide by the rules. In case you register your starting country wrong on the tachograph. 400 euro fine... That's the same, in my country, as driving a car without license. Crazy.. Furthermore... Have 6 wrong registrations over a period of 3 years, and you loose your license all together. 3 years is a long long time, to only get 6 strikes
Any CDL trucker who lets himself get stuck on railroad tracks deserves to lose that license. It takes very little effort & attention, to your surroundings, to avoid that situation.
Hurray someone at last who knows that the truck isn't actually parked there as some people on here seem to believe, and I totally agree, any properly qualified truck driver would not get him or herself in that situation, and before the comments come flooding in , yes I am a qualified truck (big rig ) in USA ( class 1 hgv ) driver in the UK , for over 40 years
I never cease to be amazed at people's abysmal videotaping abilities. It either looks like they're jumping on a trampoline while filming or either they won't simply step out of their vehicle to get the scene instead of us having to see it out a windshield or over someone's shoulder.
F=ma. The amount of mass on a train is extraordinary. They need enormous amounts of time to stop. They just can't slam the brakes. Playing chicken with a train - the train always wins.
@@SamZarifYT And? F = m*a explain the same, The force behinde a driving train is enorm, to stop it it needs a negative acceleration. So -a is very very small. So it needs alot of time to stop... High velocity or low, -a is the same to stop the train.
@@SamZarifYT I used F=ma because when a train sees an object and hits the brakes, that's a change in speed and therefore we consider the acceleration not momentum which is why I used F=ma, but if the train maintains a steady speed then you are right, you would use the inertia equation.
More than the weight, it's the steel wheels on steel rails that make it hard to stop... incidentally, the same reason why trains are so efficient to begin with!
What I don't understand. These folks in cars actually stop and watch the train hit them when they have time to floor it and get out of the way. Fools I tell ya.
@@Mustafa_Deniz_COBAN Most likely it has. It's a rather common thing in Europe. Trams in Turkey (well, Istanbul) are equipped with them as well: There's a video of a woman nearly hit by one where a lot of people (most of them from the other side of the pond) in the comments wonder how the tram could stop so fast. I think it's a fair balance between saving someones life and possibly injuring a few others or killing one and having far more people cope with the side-effects that come when a person gets hit while they sustain no physical injuries.
Better so instead of parking there. Also the gates closed way to quick he was looking in his mirror to not take down the pole with his trailer. Good thinkimg of him to just go trough
The tankers were carrying argon gas. It's only dangerous to humans because if too much of it is concentrated in an area, it can replace the oxygen in the air and prevent you from breathing. Argon is used in industrial processes for exactly that reason: To remove the oxygen and other gasses in the air.
Every idiot here,who ignored the rule and regulations around level crossings, got exactly what they deserved. I can only hope that the train companies levied huge fines for damage and delays to their services. There are no two ways about it. The trains will always WIN. I am a retired train driver.
@@Juggernaut30 Yes, just like birds, you see a f*ck*ng piece of metal going at insane speeds at you and you just don't move or run in the wrong direction ???
@@dabilover444 So it's OK for humans to get mangled & crushed, but not some dumb animal that can't see or hear a screaming monster mass of steel headed its way?
The incident at 6:40 illustrates the problem with putting a crossing arm at the exit of a railroad crossing. The vehicle went past the first gate, as a result of inattention most likely, then saw the second gate arm and stopped. Bad mistake. That’s why in the USA we generally have the arm across the lanes leading onto the tracks. We don’t want to block vehicles leaving the tracks. Of course sometimes people drive around them, but that is a deliberate act so the fault is entirely on the driver avoiding the gate.
3:15 I don't think it's a good idea to be hanging around a busted railroad car which could have toxic gases pouring out... Anhydrous ammonia is not a pleasant thing to inhale, people...
Want to know why the train at 2:28 just kept blowing us for an all the way down the track even after having hit the truck and dragging in front of him. What was that? Was he elebrating by blowing his horn, saying "I got one!"
I'm trying to work out why so many trucks, especially those in the US of A, suddenly seem to break down as soon as they start to cross a train line? Are there _"mysterious forces"_ at work that we know nothing about? Are these trucks so depressed and fed up with going up and down roads and they just want to end it all? Or is it that a lot of these truckers have a few to many f**king screws loose and are incapable of seeing red flashing lights or do they think, _"This looks like a good place to park my truck. I'll get out and stretch my legs for a bit... I'm sure I can hear a horn somewhere!!?"?_
Some areas, mostly rural, where there are grade crossings, the hump is at too steep an angle for a semi to cross over, so the trailer gets lodged on the peak.
@The Zanzibarbarian - "why do so many trucks in the USA break down as soon as they cross train lines?" They don't break down. US trailer makers seem to specialise in trailers with about 6 inches ground clearance; so if you take a trailer like that over a grade crossing with even a mild hump, it hits the ground and you come to a dead stop. HTH
0:00 Вот это эмоции у мужика, а хотя чего тут удивительного, это Наша Россия. English: These are the emotions of a man, but although what is surprising here, this is our Russia.
I'll just grab some figures out of thin air but, Say there's half a million trains on the planet, mobile for at least ten hours a day and going past a level crossing (on average) every ten minutes, then calculate the number of trucks crossing railway lines every day... It still mean we have a hell of a lot of idiots not paying attention when driving trucks across railway lines. I really liked the idiot at 7:31 that got out and waved his arms at the train, hoping it would stop, hilarious.
That accident took place in Roermond, The Netherlands. The level crossing is in a very tight curve which makes it hard to spot where the train will come from. Even when you do know where it will come from long in advance of a potential crash, it's not very usefull anyway, as the time between activation of the crossing and the train actually driving over the crossing, is something like 23 seconds at minimum. Thank god that train had magnet brakes fitted and applied them. The outcome would have been far worse if it hadn't. It was travelling around 80 km/h when it applied emergency braking. The accident occured because nearby roadworks on the main road had closed that road down, but not every driver understood the signs that pointed them in the direction of the detour. This particular road has a no entry sign for lorries/HGV's as it eventually ends in a residential area where they will have a hard time negotiating the tight turns. Especially because the turn towards the level crossing is very tight, well ahead of the crossing, signs are posted that lorries are not allowed to enter. This driver, a foreign one, either missed it or decided to test his luck. He most likely got stuck in trying to make it trough the turn and though many people said he had to floor it once he knew a crash was inevitable, I doubt he could have done that, as his trailer was nowhere near straight most likely would have gotten caught on the level crossing armature.
Somebody help me out here please...you've made a mistake, now you have the option of A - going through the barrier and breaking it or B - being smashed to pieces by a speeding train, I'm really struggling here, could somebody help me out with the correct answer, thank you.
Disliked for showing animals getting hit. It’s completely unnecessary.
2 года назад
6:14 Czech republic, Chodová Planá, nearby Mariánské Lázně; cargo train (owned by ČD Cargo) went too fast (90 kph) to place where it should go slowly (only 30 kph)
But not the loco pilot fault... The trackside marks and speedsigns must be explicit. (it went like this: "expect speed limit 30" , then few meters far "90" and suddenly "30". SžDC somehow forgot cover the "90" speedsign...)
2 года назад
@@janpf0624 Thanks for completing. I could write it too.
6:17 was due to multiple factors: - track was under repair - train driver was running almost 3-times faster than alowed for that track section - problem in communication - he received info about decreased speed to tablet, but was not notified about it. 8:30 truck driver's fault. 4 injuries.
A lot of these drivers should be arrested for endangering lives other than their own. Causing a passenger train to derail could result in a lot of very gruesome deaths (those coaches turn into pancakes in some crashes, you can imagine what happens to anyone inside...). A freight train is also dangerous if derailed because they often transport dangerous cargo (one of the videos showed a downed tank car with visible fumes coming out of it, if that had exploded, it would have been RIP to all the bystanders, especially if that had caused the rest of the tank cars to go up). Hell, at high speed just the sheer mass of a train coming off the rails can cause a chaotic chain reaction.
Если шлакбаум только опускается перед самым носом - ломайте его нафиг тараном, так ему и надо! На видео сразу видно у каких поездов тормоза надежные, а у каких очень слабы (будто передача тормозов к каждому вагону нарушается после удара и одним 'паровозом' нормально не затормозишь; не хочу копать, но вероятно возникает сброс давления во всей магистрали). Жаль, вероятно парочка жертв была. (Дьванный Эксперт)
Two things I have learned from RU-vid - 1. American trains have to sound their horns as soon as they see a camera 2. American truck drivers have to park across railroad crossings, get out and flap their arms around
The trucks are stuck , not parked . They have bottomed or grounded out . The landing legs are caught on the height of the track. They are NOT parked or stopped there intentionally
The weight of the cargo train is over 4 thousand tons. And the brake is very large. Be careful, wait until it passes, do not put yourself and others in danger - this is a crime.
Most are stuck, because the trailer is to long and hit the ground. But what i dont understand: a damaged trailer while backing up or a total truck + trailer..... why all choose a totaled truck + trailer ..... in the end they are at fault for both options....
Virm, probably gen4. This accident occured around Roermond in Sept. 2020. Noone was injured, but it took Prorail (company that maintains the rails in the Netherlands) almost 2 days to repair all the damage.
