I was browsing the BBC website and found this clip of a near-miss on a level crossing in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire. The clip shows the incident from 
the CCTV cameras both sides of the crossing.
Let’s get one thing straight: there is no way that the prat in that car should still have a driving licence, or ever be allowed to hold one again. And he or she should probably be in care for their own benefit, as well as everyone else’s.
Unfortunately, our society doesn’t use logic like that, and the solution – obviously – is that “level crossings “need to be made safer”. That’s because flashing lights, and all the signs and road markings, and the big metal rail-like things in the road, coupled with the fact that the prat in question (who appeared to be going a little on the quick side as he passed through) and probably lives in the area, are clearly not enough.
The story doesn’t mention if he was prosecuted.
The problem is that even when crossings have barriers there are morons out there who either don’t see them or don’t care. ITN covered the same topic a couple of months ago, and their clips unbelievably show women with pushchairs running past red lights and descending barriers! Me and one of my pupils even saw one a couple of months ago when a woman in Sneinton wove her car past stopped traffic and around descending barriers – I’m sure the violation camera got her, and I hope she enjoys her lessons as she works towards passing her test again after however long she was banned for (though I must say, she is probably still driving – her sort always does).