Car driven along railway tracks at Brockenhurst (From Daily Echo)
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Car driven along railway tracks at Brockenhurst
1:20pm Thursday 26th January 2012 in New Forest
Car driven along railway tracks
An 85-year-old Hampshire woman had a lucky escape today after driving down a high-speed railway line for 80 yards after taking a wrong turn at a level crossing.
The woman had a 20-year-old man in her car as she drove towards Brockenhurst station in the New Forest.
She turned on to the main line between Bournemouth and London Waterloo and drove the silver renault Clio for 80 yards on the tracks before her car came to a halt.
A British Transport Police spokesman said: ''BTP and Hampshire Police officers attended the line near to Brockenhurst rail station after a report that a car had been driven on to the line from the level crossing.
''Paramedics from the South Central Ambulance Service are also on scene. An 85-year-old woman driver and 20-year-old man were in the car at the time have been treated for shock, but no other injuries have been reported.
''Officers are currently on scene whilst the vehicle is removed by recovery vehicles.''
Rail services in the area were disrupted as a result of the incident, with buses brought in to replace trains.
Comments(48)
Zeo
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10:47am Thu 26 Jan 12
Dasal
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10:50am Thu 26 Jan 12
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Brite Spark
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10:55am Thu 26 Jan 12
Higginz
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10:56am Thu 26 Jan 12
Brite Spark
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11:35am Thu 26 Jan 12
biffo13
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11:59am Thu 26 Jan 12
Totton Ric
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12:06pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Torchie1
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12:30pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Totton Ric wrote:Have you ever known a newspaper story to contain all of the facts?
Surley the signalman in the signle box would of seen all of this & seen the person getting out or even the station staff at Brock !
One Heart....One Vision
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12:55pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Torchie1 wrote:Perhaps it was DE a reporter driving?......you never know?.
Totton Ric wrote: Surley the signalman in the signle box would of seen all of this & seen the person getting out or even the station staff at Brock !Have you ever known a newspaper story to contain all of the facts?
Linesman
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12:58pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Torchie1 wrote:No, but I think that, in this case, The Echo was on the right track.
Totton Ric wrote:Have you ever known a newspaper story to contain all of the facts?
Surley the signalman in the signle box would of seen all of this & seen the person getting out or even the station staff at Brock !
OSPREYSAINT
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1:02pm Thu 26 Jan 12
TestTickle
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1:08pm Thu 26 Jan 12
OSPREYSAINT
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1:11pm Thu 26 Jan 12
TestTickle wrote:Rubbish, the signalbox is manned 24 / 7 and controls the level crossing and the lines in the area including the Lymington branch line, there are plans afoot to move all of the signalling to Basingstoke but that is for the future.
I think you'll find the Brockenhurst signal box is unmanned. I'm pretty sure the signalling is done from a central point at Woking or Wimbledon or somewhere like that.
Brock_and_Roll
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1:53pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Surely not a terrriblesat-nav error - "Take the next left"
Totton Ric
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2:12pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Big Mac
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2:47pm Thu 26 Jan 12
TestTickle
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3:01pm Thu 26 Jan 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:My apologies. I seemed to remember reading somewhere in some South West Trains promotional blurb that they had central control thats all.
TestTickle wrote: I think you'll find the Brockenhurst signal box is unmanned. I'm pretty sure the signalling is done from a central point at Woking or Wimbledon or somewhere like that.Rubbish, the signalbox is manned 24 / 7 and controls the level crossing and the lines in the area including the Lymington branch line, there are plans afoot to move all of the signalling to Basingstoke but that is for the future.
X Old Bill
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3:06pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Given a choice of three entrances to the station - Can't decide? Then just go for the middle one.
On one occasion I recall the elderly car driver actually drove onto the tracks right in front of a Hants Police traffic car.
X Old Bill
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3:10pm Thu 26 Jan 12
TestTickle wrote:And I seem to remember that Network Rail operate the signals, not South West trains. So you could be correct about the trains but not about the infrastructure.
OSPREYSAINT wrote:My apologies. I seemed to remember reading somewhere in some South West Trains promotional blurb that they had central control thats all.
TestTickle wrote: I think you'll find the Brockenhurst signal box is unmanned. I'm pretty sure the signalling is done from a central point at Woking or Wimbledon or somewhere like that.Rubbish, the signalbox is manned 24 / 7 and controls the level crossing and the lines in the area including the Lymington branch line, there are plans afoot to move all of the signalling to Basingstoke but that is for the future.
wossit
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3:38pm Thu 26 Jan 12
doreron
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4:09pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Frogham Ferret
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4:17pm Thu 26 Jan 12
dango
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4:21pm Thu 26 Jan 12
gaztron1
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4:34pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Jamie.G
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6:33pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Huey
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7:13pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Rocket 1
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7:43pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Jamie.G wrote:Totally agree with you, I drive for a living, and it is very Scary out there at times watching the Old Codgers, I am now 55 but will not drive after 65, but my plans have already been scuppered by the Government, putting age of retirement up to 68, so 10 years down the line it might be up to the age of 71, then we will have big big problems,for instance, a 71 year old, 32 Ton Lorry driver hurtling down the M27, with a Heart condition, ploughing into a line of cars, because the poor b*gger had a Heart attack, he could not have foreseen this when he set off for work, but the government got their way, they will not to have to pay him a pension, they have already said, people are living longer, so they up the retirement age, knowing that a lot will Die before they are 71, I rest my Case.
How stupid can you get. Old people are safer drivers.....ummmmm, I don't think so. How can you be that thick. She needs to go and see a doctor and get her head checked out, absolutely insane. Shouldn't be on the road full stop. why in the first place would you turn down the railway track and why would you then keep driving, obviously has no brain cells at all. There's loads of younger people paying thousands to take driving lessons and take tests and they fail for stalling the engine a couple of times or revving the engine slightly too high, yet there's these insane pensioners on the road that don't have a clue what they're doing and cause danger to so many people. If that women took her test now, she would fail on the first corner, get her off the road completely but I hope she doesn't end up getting a mobility scooter because she'll be as dangerous on that, those things are a menace. I bet she'll be driving in a week clogging up the roads doing 25mph in a 40 zone annoying everyone and causing people to take risks to get round these total nutters. Absolutely Clueless!!!!!!
opera phantom
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7:57pm Thu 26 Jan 12
doreron wrote:doreron you are talking total nonsense
There should be an age limit for drivers - ie 70, as some are too dangerous for their own good. Also less cars on the road to free up a bit more space for all of us.
When will people like you realise that there are
bad drivers in every age group, and
every sex.
Fact: most accidents are caused by
young male drivers. This reflects in the
insurance costs imposed on them.
Fact: Motorcyclists account for about
2% of road users yet 20% of road
casualties. One in every five young male drivers crash their vehicle within
2 years of passing their test.
It is too easy to generalise. Every driver is an individual no matter what
their age or sex.
Scatgirl
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7:57pm Thu 26 Jan 12
opera phantom
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8:00pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Rocket 1 wrote:So it is only people over 70 who have
Jamie.G wrote:Totally agree with you, I drive for a living, and it is very Scary out there at times watching the Old Codgers, I am now 55 but will not drive after 65, but my plans have already been scuppered by the Government, putting age of retirement up to 68, so 10 years down the line it might be up to the age of 71, then we will have big big problems,for instance, a 71 year old, 32 Ton Lorry driver hurtling down the M27, with a Heart condition, ploughing into a line of cars, because the poor b*gger had a Heart attack, he could not have foreseen this when he set off for work, but the government got their way, they will not to have to pay him a pension, they have already said, people are living longer, so they up the retirement age, knowing that a lot will Die before they are 71, I rest my Case.
How stupid can you get. Old people are safer drivers.....ummmmm, I don't think so. How can you be that thick. She needs to go and see a doctor and get her head checked out, absolutely insane. Shouldn't be on the road full stop. why in the first place would you turn down the railway track and why would you then keep driving, obviously has no brain cells at all. There's loads of younger people paying thousands to take driving lessons and take tests and they fail for stalling the engine a couple of times or revving the engine slightly too high, yet there's these insane pensioners on the road that don't have a clue what they're doing and cause danger to so many people. If that women took her test now, she would fail on the first corner, get her off the road completely but I hope she doesn't end up getting a mobility scooter because she'll be as dangerous on that, those things are a menace. I bet she'll be driving in a week clogging up the roads doing 25mph in a 40 zone annoying everyone and causing people to take risks to get round these total nutters. Absolutely Clueless!!!!!!
a heart condition is it?
Don't generalise.
The Wickham Man
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8:16pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Rocket 1
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8:28pm Thu 26 Jan 12
opera phantom wrote:just making a point," Numpty " the point is, as i stated in my comment, i did not intend to carry on driving after my original age of retirement, which was going to be 65, now it is 66, or maybe 68, so the only thing I can think of for you're comment, is that you are either over 70, or a Bloo*y politician, now generalize that if you can
Rocket 1 wrote:So it is only people over 70 who have
Jamie.G wrote:Totally agree with you, I drive for a living, and it is very Scary out there at times watching the Old Codgers, I am now 55 but will not drive after 65, but my plans have already been scuppered by the Government, putting age of retirement up to 68, so 10 years down the line it might be up to the age of 71, then we will have big big problems,for instance, a 71 year old, 32 Ton Lorry driver hurtling down the M27, with a Heart condition, ploughing into a line of cars, because the poor b*gger had a Heart attack, he could not have foreseen this when he set off for work, but the government got their way, they will not to have to pay him a pension, they have already said, people are living longer, so they up the retirement age, knowing that a lot will Die before they are 71, I rest my Case.
How stupid can you get. Old people are safer drivers.....ummmmm, I don't think so. How can you be that thick. She needs to go and see a doctor and get her head checked out, absolutely insane. Shouldn't be on the road full stop. why in the first place would you turn down the railway track and why would you then keep driving, obviously has no brain cells at all. There's loads of younger people paying thousands to take driving lessons and take tests and they fail for stalling the engine a couple of times or revving the engine slightly too high, yet there's these insane pensioners on the road that don't have a clue what they're doing and cause danger to so many people. If that women took her test now, she would fail on the first corner, get her off the road completely but I hope she doesn't end up getting a mobility scooter because she'll be as dangerous on that, those things are a menace. I bet she'll be driving in a week clogging up the roads doing 25mph in a 40 zone annoying everyone and causing people to take risks to get round these total nutters. Absolutely Clueless!!!!!!
a heart condition is it?
Don't generalise.
forest hump
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8:59pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Zeo wrote:They do....it's called the 8:41 to Waterloo. Seriously though after age of ....(enter what you think) there should be competency tests. And before all the ageists get on their perches, young drivers should be subject to re-test after offending too
They should put some sort of car traps at level crossings, should a car driver decide for some unknown reason drive on the tracks, instead of going 50, 100 or so more meters a long, the wheels get stuck in some sort of hole or maybe a spike/teeth trap?
opera phantom
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10:16pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Wrong on both counts. I drive for a
living and see bad and stupid
driving, very often from so called
professional drivers, ie HGV drivers,
Van drivers and Taxi drivers, but I
don't stick a label on one particular
type.
Saint&Sinner
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9:36am Fri 27 Jan 12
jelly belly
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9:56am Fri 27 Jan 12
You will all be old one day!!!
Dasal
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10:13am Fri 27 Jan 12
jelly belly wrote:Unless you're an incompetent driver????
One comment. You will all be old one day!!!
Just a thought.............
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Glen Wiffen
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9:04pm Fri 27 Jan 12
Fatty x Ford Worker
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9:49pm Fri 27 Jan 12
bodger122
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10:20pm Fri 27 Jan 12
X Old Bill wrote:Brockenhurst is defo still a manned signal box, for those interested. see here...
TestTickle wrote:And I seem to remember that Network Rail operate the signals, not South West trains. So you could be correct about the trains but not about the infrastructure.
OSPREYSAINT wrote:My apologies. I seemed to remember reading somewhere in some South West Trains promotional blurb that they had central control thats all.
TestTickle wrote: I think you'll find the Brockenhurst signal box is unmanned. I'm pretty sure the signalling is done from a central point at Woking or Wimbledon or somewhere like that.Rubbish, the signalbox is manned 24 / 7 and controls the level crossing and the lines in the area including the Lymington branch line, there are plans afoot to move all of the signalling to Basingstoke but that is for the future.
http://photos.signal
lingnotices.org.uk/p
hoto_index.php?pc=39
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hawleys mum
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11:27pm Fri 27 Jan 12
skeptik
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8:52am Sat 28 Jan 12
SOULJACKER
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1:00pm Sat 28 Jan 12
Cars on the train line, lol..It's like something out of Whacky racers!!
That is so funny......the poor twenty year old must have absolutely soiled themselves for sure :))))
Retest on 70th birthday I think...........youn
ger people may have more accidents but the 'olds' probably cause them ;)
I know old people who passed their test 1950's when they had square wheels & their driving is atrocious!
SOULJACKER
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1:04pm Sat 28 Jan 12
jelly belly wrote:Yo Jelly,
One comment.
You will all be old one day!!!
I will never get old.....well My Mum says I never grew up...is that what she means? ....bwahahahaha ;)
SOULJACKER
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1:12pm Sat 28 Jan 12
Jamie.G wrote:Hell Jamie.....you vented there bro :))
How stupid can you get. Old people are safer drivers.....ummmmm, I don't think so. How can you be that thick. She needs to go and see a doctor and get her head checked out, absolutely insane. Shouldn't be on the road full stop. why in the first place would you turn down the railway track and why would you then keep driving, obviously has no brain cells at all. There's loads of younger people paying thousands to take driving lessons and take tests and they fail for stalling the engine a couple of times or revving the engine slightly too high, yet there's these insane pensioners on the road that don't have a clue what they're doing and cause danger to so many people. If that women took her test now, she would fail on the first corner, get her off the road completely but I hope she doesn't end up getting a mobility scooter because she'll be as dangerous on that, those things are a menace. I bet she'll be driving in a week clogging up the roads doing 25mph in a 40 zone annoying everyone and causing people to take risks to get round these total nutters. Absolutely Clueless!!!!!!
I totally agree with ya though.......how many times do you hear this stuff on the TV about biddies driving up the motorway the wrong way, driving into swimming pools & putting their foot on the gas in stead of the anchor :D
They get a bus pass surely, can't they use the flaming thing & give us all a break! \m/
doreron
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3:10pm Sat 28 Jan 12
MissA
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4:30pm Sat 28 Jan 12
Dasal wrote:funny!!
jelly belly wrote:Unless you're an incompetent driver????
One comment. You will all be old one day!!!
Just a thought.............
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cliffwalker
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5:38pm Sun 29 Jan 12
doreron wrote:I think an age limit of 70 would be ridiculous. There are lots of good drivers under that age who really need their cars. I would support an age limit of, say, 30 to keep reckless young drivers off our roads.
There should be an age limit for drivers - ie 70, as some are too dangerous for their own good. Also less cars on the road to free up a bit more space for all of us.
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