Thread: Govt/RTA stupidity

build a overpass across the line,talking of level crossings there is a good one at Nolan street Unanderra there is a set of traffic lights not far away and the amount of STUPID people who sit on the tracks waiting for the traffic in front to move when the lights turn green

a little background re Byron: The local council is a hot bed of loonies, who automatically reject any form of development... an overpass, being a 'big thing' would send them into apoplexy and the resident hippies would see any 'big thing' as 'big brother' or whatever.....you have to live here to understand just what a nutcase Byron Bay is.......visit sometime if you haven't already, now, back to the impending comments......

GQ

Yer your right stevo, Unanderra is a good one, but what about Dunmore, I have seen cars two abreast on that crossing on public holidays.

Originally Posted by stevo

build a overpass across the line,talking of level crossings there is a good one at Nolan street Unanderra there is a set of traffic lights not far away and the amount of STUPID people who sit on the tracks waiting for the traffic in front to move when the lights turn green

I used work Parramatta Rd Signal Box - the one between Granville and Clyde. There couldn't be a much busier level crossing Sydney.

The procedure there is to put on the bells and lights and, when the traffic has stopped, lower the boom gates.

You'd be surprised how many drivers stop on the railway tracks as soon as they hear the bells and/or see the lights. I've had to go out to them to get them to move off the tracks!

You wouldn't be surprised by the number who race to get through after the booms have started to descend.

Ron

Geez, i just read the title of the thread and thought it's not fair shooting fish in a barrel.

Originally Posted by stevo

build a overpass across the line,talking of level crossings there is a good one at Nolan street Unanderra there is a set of traffic lights not far away and the amount of STUPID people who sit on the tracks waiting for the traffic in front to move when the lights turn green

that would be the logical solution, or is that it is logical that is the problem.

The average level crossing costs a sh1tload in maintanence each year, an overpass would cost millions to build and maintain, a bunch of holiday makers, hippies and business owners would not bring enough legal tender into the local community to justify the amount of spending required. Besides wouldn't a bypass take people away from the business district in the town.

you drive a landrover....

any land with trees skinnier than 3 inches diameter is a road...

why do you need the expensive black stuff?