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The insinuation I made was that those less interested in the hobby care less about getting in other peoples way than enthusiasts.
Which is basically what Mark said

Its ignorance that is the common problem,which i my case usually ends up in an arguement because i get a shot ruined!

I don't mind if i'm last on the scene for example but if im there for an hour and suddenly some idiot just stands in front then it gets quite annoying.

In my recolection the person in question should have been the oher side of the crossing barriers and at least six feet away. Which is usaul railway rules when trackside you need to have been tested to a compitant level first before you even set foot near the line and hi-vis clothing must be worn.

kieranhardy wrote:

buckbeak wrote: The person scream at 22 seconds...surely that was enough warning that another train was about to hit him

Not really, the bloke filming was useless. If that had been me i would have shouted to him, not a feeble pathetic sound. And don't get me started on the giggling at the end....

All the filmer cared about in the end was that he got tons of publicity from his youtube video. The original author has since removed his video but i remember reading him saying thanks to everyone for giving it publicity, which proves my point really.

Well said, I don't know if the "children" doing the filming would have put it on you tube if the bloke had been hit though, it also makes you wonder what they would have said at his inquest and the Coroner asking them if they warned the guy strongly enough of the impending, devastating collision, I doubt if they would have giggled at that question.

Cheerz. Transport Steve.

bharrison wrote:In my recolection the person in question should have been the oher side of the crossing barriers and at least six feet away. Which is usaul railway rules when trackside you need to have been tested to a compitant level first before you even set foot near the line and hi-vis clothing must be worn.

What crossing barriers.... As far as i can see you cross the lines at the end of the platform, there wouldn't be barriers for this.

When it's a public crossing you don't need to have any certificate or a high vis, just a bit of common sense.

To be honest is there much point in suggesting what he should have done anyway? He probably wont ever read this. With any luck the amount of bad publicity he's got from it will drum into his skull to think next time.

almark wrote:I don't mind if i'm last on the scene for example but if im there for an hour and suddenly some idiot just stands in front then it gets quite annoying.

You get that often at preserved railways too, two occasions at the NNR stand out for me. NNR gala 2008 i helped a couple find a pair of glasses, next day i'm standing in a field, the woman comes walking along and stands in my shot. In 2009 i had set a shot up for the night shoot, two people come walking towards me, would have to be blind not to notice me and set up their tripod directly infront of me without saying a word. Ah, aren't people nice.