01-06-2021, 02:09 PM
Lutz, typical North American practice is to place the gates so that each one controls the lane(s) of traffic coming from each direction - one on each side of the track.
In the U.K. and likely parts of Europe, too, it seems that the gates are designed to block the entire road, from either one side or both.
In North America, because the gates block only the lane in which a person is driving as they approach the crossing, there are many drivers who see the single gate as an easy route to cross the tracks by simply going around the gate - sometimes this is a successful option, but many times it ends in grief. The upside of this practice is that it's slowly upgrading the over-all I.Q. of the driving public.
Wayne
In the U.K. and likely parts of Europe, too, it seems that the gates are designed to block the entire road, from either one side or both.
In North America, because the gates block only the lane in which a person is driving as they approach the crossing, there are many drivers who see the single gate as an easy route to cross the tracks by simply going around the gate - sometimes this is a successful option, but many times it ends in grief. The upside of this practice is that it's slowly upgrading the over-all I.Q. of the driving public.
Wayne