watching these clips it seems to me as if part of the problem is the barrier lowering sequence, people know that if they go through the first they will get through the second, I am not, however suggesting that this should change as I think this would be more dangerous but if it were it would reduce this behaviour.
I find this quite odd as I'm used to pretty much all gated level crossings in Australia being equipped only with automatic half-barriers, even in urban areas. I've no doubt that people still chance them but I'm genuinely curious as to how attitudes to a similar risk have ended up so far apart.
Botany Bay crossing north of Retford on the ECML can have the barriers down for quite a while. My record is waiting for 6 trains to pass but it's quite often 2 or 3. Luckily it's on a back road and easily avoided if you don't want to take the risk.
NR wanted a bridge, but local residents objected as the route for pedestrians would be longer!
One of the worst, possibly the worst, is the combination on Vine Road in southwest London which has the misfortune of crossing the main line from London to Richmond, Twickenham and Windsor/Reading and the Hounslow Loop in very short succession. I well remember a friend complaining of how many times he'd been caught at both crossings in succession for multiple trains to pass
Level crossing lights, unlike traffic lights, apply to pedestrians as well as road traffic.
I wonder what percentage of the population know that, I didn't and have driven trains buses and have been a pedestrian.
We followed the American practice. I guess for Victoria made a bit of sense given they adopted american style speed signalling.
