martin2345uk
Established Member
This isn’t meant to be a moan, just something I’ve been wondering for quite a while now since passing out as a driver…
On my route there are a few controlled level crossings. There are a couple of them where, almost invariably, the signals don’t clear until I’m well past the double yellow and slowing for the the single yellow, meaning I often lose a couple of minutes timings. I just wondered if there was an operational reason for this..?
i did wonder if it was to try and minimise the time the crossing is closed but:
All this makes me think there is some other reason and as I generally know naff all about signalling I thought I’d ask here!
On my route there are a few controlled level crossings. There are a couple of them where, almost invariably, the signals don’t clear until I’m well past the double yellow and slowing for the the single yellow, meaning I often lose a couple of minutes timings. I just wondered if there was an operational reason for this..?
i did wonder if it was to try and minimise the time the crossing is closed but:
- Slowing down for a single yellow and then waiting to get my brake back and accelerating again means I end up taking longer to cross than if I’d just kept going at line speed
- The crossings in question are on very quiet roads and, in one case, closed and decommissioned
- it only seemed to happen in one direction, going the other way the signals are usually cleared before I reach them
All this makes me think there is some other reason and as I generally know naff all about signalling I thought I’d ask here!