http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/26/09/2011/1...n-half.htm At work
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"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

Glad to hear it, I suppose the weight in the trailer prevented the cab from following the engine....one lucky farmer there

He must have been thinking about whether to buy an 'evoque' instead of is there a train coming along the lines that might kill me....  2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

Amazingly lucky escape!

Incredible how cleanly the tractor snapped in two.

When I was driving trains, unmanned crossings were a nightmare for train drivers. There is a phone at every crossing that goes directly to the controlling signal box.
I doubt the tractor driver bothered to use the phone before attempting to cross the line.

I hope the railway company sue his a*se off for endangering other people's lives.

The shock of rounding a bend at 70+mph and seeing a tractor and trailer on the line has to be experienced to be believed.