Trespassing Cyclists on the West Somerset Railway
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- While waiting to film a train into Dunster, I was amazed to see what appeared a be a boy and his dad cycling along the middle of the line towards the crossing at Dunster. It was in no way obvious how they managed to get there, and whether they had a reason to be on the line or not. Since the camera was set up, I felt I should film it to show how stupid some people can be when it comes to railways, whether it be on a preserved line or the national network. As you see I follow up the clip with what arrived less than 5 minutes later.
The video was featured on the Somerset County Gazette website and also made the front page of the paper, with the headline 'Lives On The Line'. www.somersetcou...
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Ways to fail at parenting
1. Hitting your child
2. Never supporting them
3. Letting them explore on a working railway where trains regularly operate.
Sometimes, they need a slap on the arse.
2 out 3 I agree with..... But hitting ya kid wtf.... its where it all went wrong the day they stopped caning ya at school and made illegal to hit ya kid.... I got caned on a Daily basis and it didn't do me any harm(got a good life) and my two lads got thick ears when needed and theyve more then turned out OK and no coppers knocking on me door!!..... Mmmmm look at the youth of today.... No manners, No respect... Just a nation of expectors..... Is what ya get for 5 mins "on the naughty step"
@Jack Shiels give us an example what shouting at ya kid is if they've done nowt
@@lordbelvoir2543 ah yes some some old bellend that complains about how today’s youths are poisoning poor old Britain. People like you need to get off the internet for a little bit and go breathe some fresh air. I doubt today’s youth bother to listen to any Tribble that comes out your mouth.
@@user-yf4gx9lw6c Blah Blah Blah that's all I hear comin out your gob..... Bellend??? Bet you wish you ad one ya pussy ole
How clever of the farther teaching his son to PLAY ON THE RAILWAY
He deserves the best dad reward
Now THERE's material for a local news story
Indeed
Yes
Get off the tracks or 9466 will come and get you
And yet if they had been hit by the train, they would have happily put the blame on the driver, ignoring the fact they were trespassing.
Sickens me to think, that the kid could potentially have an early grave, because he knows no better now than to cycle along a railway line because his dads assumes its perfectly safe.
Well it's not soooo bad, as it is only a 5mph speed limit, and the train drivers have to blow their horn before the crossing, and they are going towards the direction of travel so they will see the train as it crawls forward at walking speed.
@@Sam-ht5dk Of course there always has to be some prick that excuses this sort of irresponsible behaviour. You're attitude explains why the dumbing-down of society continues apace. The world is full of idiots, and this video shows that the human race continues to ensure that it can produce bigger and better ones as time goes by.
@@anubis6864 are you suggesting this is a new phenomenon? 🤦♂️😆
@@Sam-ht5dk I don't care if it's _one_ mile per hour - you don't trespass where you have no right to be. And whether that adult is the boy's father, uncle a family friend or whoever else, he showed that he shouldn't be someone to watch over a child when his actions are a bad influence.
@@ryanodonovan9497 exactly my thought, and encouraging a young child to be this complacent for railway safety is ridiculous, what if this were to lead to trespassing on a mainline with the same level of obliviety when the father isn't present? perhaps with friends? the consequences could be catastrophic.
No rust on the rails would alert any trespasser(with some amount of common sense) that the line is in use..beggars belief...
A cyclist with commonsense.....nope they are like rockinghorse pooh
@@gurulandrover I don't understand what are you even trying to say
Well there you go kids, that's how you ride a bike on a railway line! What idiots, I saw this report in the Railway Magazine. Thanks for putting the clip on youtube :)
I can't think of anything more irresponsible. That man shouldn't be a father if he thinks it's OK to teach his own son to risk his own life or make a fool of himself.
The child is in training ready for a future Flying Scotsman visit. Once he is older he will be taught to stand next to a fully operative main-line track with a camera. They have to start them off on the quiet tracks before they reach full adult stupidity.
Cyclists literally get in the way everywhere.
I'm sure most times when you are in your tin box with something blocking your way it will be another tin box on wheels 🤡
Only just seen this unbelievable video. Apart from the act of trespass, when they leave the railway line at the crossing, the father(?)/adult goes in front of the child to go through the barrier first leaving the child struggling to get his bike off the track! Not only crass stupidity, but as the responsible(!) adult, surely you would make sure the child goes first, but I then loop back to the crass stupidity! 🤬
Seen similar things on my local heritage railway. People just don’t care. Its shocking to see a child there :/
19 April 2019 Comment Posted:
Those People were Wankers.
I was at the Great Central Railway Diesel Gala and on one return trip from Leicester North to Loughborough to teenagers we Cycling on the line and 1 mile later another kid was playing on the line delaying the Train by around 10 minutes, why Trespass.
Stunts like that can risk closing a heritage railway, that is incredibly stupid.
at the North Norfolk Railway we had some walkers who were walking on the track and when the train came they were shocked to see it. the driver managed to stop and when questioned they thought it was a footpath on their map from before the railway reopened.
The last idiot will never be born....
"We have been walking here for ages" is something heard now and then...
You should submit this to parentfails
BTP are not responsible for the WSR. All policing matters are dealt with by the local constabulary. I would suggest that this video be sent to Avon & Somerset police and the BBC with a view to finding this idiot and prosecuting him.
limit is 10 mph in the direction from which the train is coming from, ie. behind the idiots' backs, the speed is not relevant it's still trespass and despite the low speed it will still kill you
Even the railway children didn't do that...
The two shown on this clip were very lucky indeed. Some years ago, there was a fatality on the railway not far from this spot. A woman had gone onto the track to retrieve her dog but failed to see or hear the approaching train. Despite whistling and braking hard the woman was struck and killed. The railway is not a plaything. It says "Beware of trains" for a reason, y'know.
Both of them should know better
The kid - yes....
The cyclist.....?
They'll never learn.....
Modern day parents are just so thick, God help what the kids when they grow up.
I wonder how confident they would be with a S&DJR 7F or a GWR Manor behind them.
Railroad tracks are neither bike trails nor sidewalks.
Why would you even ride a bike on the rails that would be so difficult
I do wonder if cyclists think that if they wear helmets nothing can hurt them. I don't think they would have been a lot of use if hit by even a slow moving train.
I remember one episode of the CITV series Woof!, which involved people going onto a railway line. At the end of the episode during the closing credits for that very episode, I remember Tommy Boyd making an announcement about trespassing on railway lines being illegal and dangerous.
With all the money we spend educating people. They prove we waste it.
Good for you.Its always the railways that get the bad name.Not the public.Every one seems to just walk out on the roads without looking and now they think they can go all over railways without stopping and looking or like the clip go anywhere
How can this adult be so stupid as to teach their child to ride along a railway track. ONE SHOULD NEVER EVER TRESPASS ON A RAILWAY AS IT COULD GIVE YOU LIFE CHANGING INJURIES OR CAUSE YOUR DEATH. IN ADDITION IT COULD RUIN THE LIFE OF A TRAIN DRIVER!!!
What are they smoking
Must be pretending to be a steam train
Track looks like what I used to call a “Conrail Jungle Patrol branch line. “. Trains run with a full six man crew. Engineer in the cab, and the other five guys on the ground in front making sure the tracks are still there and clearing brush.
If they did that on a network rail (National rail) railway track they would be prosecuted by network rail or British transport police
If the father, or adult with the boy, had a brain, he would be dangerous. Great example to the young lad, I don't think, but that is the way of the world now. You have to spoon feed them common sense, because they don't have any. God help us!
ive for some reason always wanted to try that, i never will unless the track itself is abaonded
Good thing he taught his son to wear a helmet to keep safe! What a tool
you should send this footage to the poilice in the area to idenify the people and be prossicuted.
I have a Hardback Book called The Railway Policeman.
The Story of the Constable on the Track.
what if the kid goes on a line with 125mph trains such as the HST
sadly, the manor class couldnt stop in time
you can't fix stupid unfortunately
Gonna be honest, I hope the WSR fined the guy for trespassing.
I don't know what it was I saw in the background but it scared the poop out of me
It’s worse that there is a child there
A law unto themselves your average cyclist! What an example to the child
Just because the rails are rusty and there is grass and weeds growing does NOT always mean that the tracks are abandoned!
Why not let your kid ride their bike on the motorway, insane idea?
That’s some A1 parenting there.
What we're these people thinking???? Do they not know that a train could of come down the line at any moment and killed them both or left them with serious injuries
How irresponsible and careless! 😡
I think these guys need to stop trespassing the line
Wheres a train when you want one to come along?!!
Was anyone prosecuted for this offence? Thought not.
Stupid would be polite
No helmet will protect that kid from this epic parental fail.
oh wow what good parenting..*sarcastically*
OMG!!!!!!!! Let's hope he does further multiply!
Teaching the kid respect for the railway - not.
That’s naughty of them!
Did the old guy say anything ? were they caught?
That seems a bit Silly and Dangerous thing to do!!
This is disgusting how that parent is letting their child do that. Trespassing is illegal.
Boooo!
No train in this video!
It would have been welcome too!
its mad this world we live in today nowunder kids go missing n are getting hurt every day if thats the kind of example that parents are setting these days
Whilst walking up the track on the old Garw Valley Line, I managed to walk on to operational track. There were no signs, easy access, and it was very misleading because it was connected to old, overgrown track which was not in use. You would have assumed it was not in use. We also saw other people walking the track who thought it wasn't in use. Although I don't see how could easily end up on the WSR.
Way to go dad! Stupid, dangerous example to a kid you appear not to love.
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Buzz noise
Must be a unit. Theres only 2 of them. A New Class maybe? Class 999
People should understand that trains are heavier and faster than even a family car, and can only move in straight lines. So they cannot swerve to avoid them, or stop in time, even when moving at one mile an hour.
Trains not swerving could be an advantage. At least you know exactly where they are going to go. I have twice had car drivers deliberately steer at me even though I was not in their way.
AT 5 MILES PER HOUR! ARE YOU AN IDIOT OR SOMETHING?
They must have thought the line was abandoned? lol
that's not safe these guys on the cyclists are going to be killed if the train comes along
God help if a train suddenly appeared.
It’s all fun and games until a £1000 fine comes there way
How have social services not got involved
he's really going for that Darwin award
Stand by me
Thing is
I feel bad for the kid as he doesn’t know what he’s doing
The dead can not apportion blame, but I most certainly take your point.
i have sent this clip to the poilce m8
Did you report it in?
I have always thought what idiots cyclists look who wear these helmets - this video just reinforces my view - There is no common sense underneath the things.
The father in this clip should never have been given the power of reproduction !
Stupid boys! I was there that day! Saw you a couple of times! :)
You couldn't make it up 🙄
STUNNED!!! It Beggars Belief!!!
Please bear in mind that this person deemed this to be safer than cycling along the A39!!!!!!!!!!
I’m disgusted by this letting there kid on the tracks where trains pass I’m just glad they was safe but take this advise trains cannot stop in time and you don’t know how dangerous it is so yeah don’t trespass keep safe and what you do you need to stay safe I’m just glad no train passed when they was on the line but don’t be like them you’ll regret it
report them to the police
Good idea
What the f@ck is wrong with some people.
Great way to raise a child. Well done, Father of the year
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Next we should teach them how to point a loaded gun at themselves! That will be very educational.
@@deadaccount2048 lol
Because that is the perfect place to teach little jimmy to ride a bike
just seen this in the Somerset County Gazette.
Typical cyclists only ever think about themselves!!!!!
flyboy747 uk no... its these type of cyclists that only think about them selfs...
They'll wreck their tires! lol
What the hell is he wearing?
Total and utter Muppets
HAPPY WHEELS IN REAL LIFE.
It's not that irresponsible really. I'm sure the child would be aware of the difference between a sleepy, little used railway with a 5 mph speed limit and a fully functioning railway with all the risks associated with it. This blanket approach to risk which many of the comments here seem to be suggesting does nothing more than make people risk adverse.
Where railways are concerned, people should be risk averse to the max.
@@dislecsyk991 That makes no sense
Of course this is on my birthday
5mph sign
Is the railways disused
No, hence the train travelling along it!
Haha the funny thing is there wearing helmets to protect themselves from injury
I'm not shore that helmet is going to do much with a steam loco plowing in to them but I guess safety first