Express train 706 passes led-warning light crossing

[kitchenfromhell]

In the Netherlands . a white or yellow blinking light means " system in operation" so you know it turns red when a train is coming.

Like it to see so many different crossings around the world.

Loving youtube

[tipenux]

en usko että hirveän turvallinen  tuo risteys. jotkut ei näämmä osaa kattoo tollasta

[mario2980]

this is a bad train signal

where's the guard rail

now this kind of signal may have a high chances of crash

[PsYcHoFaB]

If only the rest of America would take a lesson from the Finnish and use their brains...

[RQ421]

Is the light always yellow? Because in most European countries, I know yellow as "be careful" and not as "stop".

[Kyosuke1989]

It's not. It flashes red ( in the video, the camera somehow rendered it orange) when the train is coming. Otherwise it's flashing slowly white.

[text97]

Hate to say this as an American, it's probably because Finns don't generally feel the need to "push it" and save 2 minutes by risking their lives.

[JokeriPokeri17]

HIMPUTTI! En kyllä itse saanut selvää noista valoista että mitä ne näytti!! Aikooko ne karsia väestöä tahallaan noilla vaarallisilla tasoristeyksillä

[Kyosuke1989]

Kamera hämää, väärä väri..

[KoploperMau]

It's not needed here. You just have to take care yourself, maybe 1/100 times there is a car or something that has to be warned.

[Kyosuke1989]

Wrote by Vsaar on "Three Finnish idiots walking over activated level crossing" :

"Excessive whistling would make people numb for that sound, and they would not realize any more that serious danger what the whistle is telling about. The red light and bell should be enough. Finnish trains will whistle only if there's someone about to ignore the approaching train. If you hear it, probably you are already in danger."

[Kyosuke1989]

2 Safety-approved electronic crossing bells cost about 2000 euros. And other changes to system, because of it, maybe 1000 euros.

[Mitchlobnia]

Wow... this is dangerous because you dont know if a train is coming if you dont look at the signal. But its not as bad as the Kerang railway crossings, in which most are after a curve on the road... and that was where the Kerang rail disaster was. There is no warning of it. There are signals, but no bells. Which is kind of wierd, because most railway crossings on main roads that have lights would have bells.

[Kyosuke1989]

Okay. Crossings like this usually don't have bells (and led warning light) if not necessary, because it takes 20000 euros to put those lights there, and Finnish Rail Administration does not have money to put those on every crossing.

This crossing is on private road.

Very few led-warning light crossings have electronic bell, here in Finland.

[Alachua1992]

I'd sure hate to have poor brakes and approach this crossing with all of that snow, Not much warning.

[Kyosuke1989]

In this side, which i filmed this train, there is road crossing 10 metres from the camera, you cannot go too fast from this side. On the other side there is farm, and i think that they understand the danger of this crossing. And in that time when i filmed this train, there isn't much snow, actually one week from this filming, all snow melt off.

[microbusss]

hold it!! ALWAYS expect train time-tables can be wrong or changed!!

[Kyosuke1989]

You're right. Or train can be late, or there can be extra trains. Never trust solely in timetables.

[KawasakiPlant]

nice video

[kief0120]

so how do you know a train is coming?

[Kyosuke1989]

It's easy, graphical and text-type timetables are for that. ;)

[larppa1989]

Actually the colour of the LED in this vid is kind wrong. Maybe the camera just change tints in picture but in practise the red colour is more dark than in the video.

[kurvjuh]

That color in LED light is strange, some kind of mix orange and yellow.